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    "id": 1406287,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mogaka",
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    "content": "one will be sure that counting and tallying will be done correctly and correct results transmitted. Therefore, they will go home happy. The expanding of the Commission would at the first sight look like an additional expense to Kenyans. However, we need to look at the kind of election petition costs that this country has been suffering through the IEBC. As an accountant, this country is going to save a lot of money because the IEBC will not be encumbered by countless election petitions. Reduction in election litigation expenses will benefit this country more compared to the two additional commissioners that we are bringing on board. This Bill also introduces very strict timelines by putting in place the law that creates the panel and that binds it to produce their results within a prescribed timeline. It also binds the President of the Republic to appoint the commissioners within the prescribed statutory timeline so that we do not leave anything to chance. From end to end, we have statutory clarity and certainty to ensure that this country shall no longer be held to ransom by any person who fails to appoint their nominee or by any President who may decide to sit on the report of the selection panel. This Bill brings clarity on the definition of a parliamentary party. Common parlance tells us that any political party that has an elected Member is a parliamentary party. This Bill brings clarity so that we do not have a confusion between the law that we are going to use to define a parliamentary party and the Standing Orders which are Parliament specific. Further, Hon. Temporary Speaker, if this law is enacted, Nyamaiya Ward in my constituency, which has been suffering for lack of representation since the Leader of the Majority Party, the late Elijah Osiemo, and may God continue resting his soul in eternal peace, passed on in a road accident, will have a chance to elect his replacement. They are disfranchised and their fundamental right of representation in the County Assembly of Nyamira continues being violated because of lack of a working IEBC. If this Bill is enacted into law, I want the people of Nyamaiya to have a Christmas gift - that they will celebrate Christmas with their member in our County Assembly of Nyamira. Holding brief for my neighbour, Hon. Patrick Osoro, Nyansiong’o Ward, which is also in Nyamira County, does not have an MCA following an election petition. Therefore, they are also unrepresented. Once this Bill is enacted into law, it will give the people of Borabu Constituency, my neighbours, an opportunity to elect an MCA and be represented. I support the Bill and request that everybody supports it and plays their role so that we have the law in place within record time. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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