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    "id": 1378262,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "will pass it as it is, but that is about the Report. There are many other elements that will come after that. If we lose that sincerity and commitment to the welfare of the country, we will go back to where we were. That is the most important thing about this Report. Looking at the restructuring of the of the IEBC and other electoral rules, it is important to have Parliament, political parties, churches and even the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) involved in the selection panel. It is a good thing. However, all that area has about nine legislative proposals. If we go to that and use the rule of supermajority that we have here without looking at the interests of the country, we will miss it again. So, we must continue with the sincerity and not just use the rule of supermajority without details and looking at issues and the interests of the country. On the issue of the delimitation of boundaries, we are actually in a crisis because we passed the existing law with too much haste. So, the proposal of 10 to 20 years instead of 8 to 12 years, and providing that Parliament can change it, is good. If we put that in our legal and constitutional structure, it will be okay. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me say something about the two-thirds gender rule. It is a clear indication of what we, politicians, think – that, we can solve technical problems. We will not put in figures to be achieved by an electoral process that cannot work. The only option is to go to Articles 90 and 177 of the Constitution of Kenya as applied to County Assemblies. That is what will help us. The proposal to entrench in the constitution the development funds – the NG-CDF, Ward Fund and the NGAAF – is very good. The NG-CDF has shown how funds can be used effectively."
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