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    "id": 1406294,
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    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": "and have their representatives. It is through representatives that resources are distributed in the country. It is unfortunate that we have such scenarios. It is also important to align this Bill to the pronouncements made by the courts. I am sure our judges in courts did their due diligence and made observations which required that we do the amendments. I therefore, think that is very much in order. As I support the Bill, I like the fact that we are going to amend the period the CEO of IEBC serves in office. Three years was going to be a misnomer because I believe that practice makes perfect. Just like Hon. Gladys Boss said, if you are a surgeon, you cannot practise for three years and become an expert. You need to be given enough time to learn and make decisions and three years is not sufficient. I also think that the proposed six years is not enough. I propose that the CEO serves for nine years and exits just before the next election is conducted. It is good to increase the membership of the panel. The nine members can recruit a chairman who is acceptable to the entire country – a more qualified expert. It should not be about the number of years of experience. It should be somebody with integrity. You can serve for three, six or many years, but if your reputation is in question, it becomes problematic. It is important for the selection panel, now that we are going to add more members, to do their due diligence and get someone who is going to prepare the country, serve it and give very credible results. This will ensure that we avoid situations where after every election in Kenya, there is anxiety, panic and, to some extent, some people do not wish we have elections. Kenyan citizens are not very confident because every time we go for an election, people have to fight, be displaced and results contested. We have to make it right. We hope that going forward, we train our people, believe in our system and trust our processes to get the right people. An election is just a five-year season. If we get the right people to serve, life will be easy and people will relax. They will not be anxious. Schools should not close early because there is an election. It should be a season which comes and goes. I would wish that we leverage technology. We are in the 21st Century. Technology has come of age. It is unfortunate that we still rely on the analogue way of going to the polling station with an identity card and your name is checked. Sometimes a name is missing in the register and one is supposed to move from one station to another. The process should be watertight. We should leverage technology so that the process becomes very simple. We do not have to take a whole 12 or 24 hours voting and waiting for results. The results should be relayed very fast through technology. Life will be very easy."
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