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    "id": 1374355,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to also make my comments on the NADCO Report. From the onset, I support this NADCO Report. This is because, as it was said by the Senate Majority Leader, this is a product of bi-partisanship between the two groups, that is, the Azimio la Umoja and Kenya Kwanza Coalitions. It has dealt extensively with the matters that the two sides brought on the table. I have gone through this Report. I have a concern because this Report does not have an implementation framework. There are no timelines and there is nowhere it suggests that someone somewhere or some institution is going to trigger this process. So, even as we debate this Report and support it, I encourage that we bring amendments to it, so that we can have an implementation framework. We can also amend this Motion and maybe give direction to the two leaders; the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader, to initiate the process of implementing the recommendations in this Report. Otherwise, we risk to pass a report which will not have legs because it cannot be implemented. No one will have the responsibility of implementing it. That is my concern. However, that does not mean that I am not supporting the recommendations of this Report. I support the recommendations, but let us be very clear that we have a proper implementation framework in place. Madam Temporary Speaker, there are urgent issues that this Report is addressing. We have a challenge with the reconstitution of the IEBC. This Report is recommending that we change the selection panel of IEBC. The other day, the courts ruled and the panel has been working. In the spirit of this bi-partisanship, that selection panel should wait for this Report to be passed. This is so that the reconstitution of IEBC is done within the framework of NADCO. You are also aware that we have a problem with the boundary delimitation. We have run out of time. This Report is recommending that we amend Article 89 of the Constitution, so that whenever we run out of time, the way we have, Parliament can give an extension. This is a very important recommendation. That is why I am saying that this Report is good, but let us have an implementation framework, so that some of these very urgent things can be picked up and done quickly. Madam Temporary Speaker, on the issue of the audit of presidential elections, the Report acknowledges that there is need to audit the election. This process is to be coordinated by a panel of six experts. I fully support this, but again, the Report is short on implementation. Who is going to trigger what or do the appointment of this panel of experts. Those are grey areas we need to look at. On the issue of checks and balances, the Report talks about the issue of court orders. Lately, we have seen court orders not being obeyed. In the spirit of this bi- partisanship contained in this report, it is important for both sides of the political divide"
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