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    "id": 1406363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this time to add a few words to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which is very important for this country. The IEBC made us be in this House today. If it were not there, no one would be seated in this House today because there could not be any election. Therefore, this is a very important bill that we need to amend a few clauses and add others so that this country can be governed by the rule of law rather than impose some of the laws that are not in the Constitution. I thank the Committee that sat and came up with a very comprehensive Bill that can cure so many things in this country. They increased the number of panelists who will nominate the commissioners from seven to nine. They will be nominated by bodies in this country, such as the religious sector, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and others. That is a good idea, as is the way it was done before. Political parties nominated panelists, and all of us were not consulted. Kenya is now being brought together and included in the law-making process and choosing these commissioners. The Bill says that after the elections, the commissioners will sit down, evaluate the process and write a report, which will be brought to this Parliament. The lawmakers will check the issues and some of the shortcomings. Some of the shortcomings need to be enriched by the minds of this House. We need to be able to bring new blood in the way elections are conducted and also correct some of the shortcomings that we will have learned in the cycle of elections. That is a good thing because it has never happened in this country. So it is high time that we embrace the report that comes so that we can debate and everyone can give their own views on the way the Commission will be governed as far as elections are concerned. To me, that is a plus for this country. The other thing is, in terms of credentials, they have been able to urge Commissioners to have some knowledge of technology and also some accounting skills so that when you are given a gadget, you know how to operate it and you are also able to do a few things. You are also able to pick up some knowledge and give people some guidance when they are lost. The only thing that I think needs to be considered mostly is the way they are saying that they are going to review the boundaries. Already, those constituencies have Members of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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