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    "id": 1406406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "I do not know why we are not talking about the nomination period we have given ourselves. For example, the official campaigns began on 29th May 2022, immediately after nominations. These campaigns last for three months, and I believe we should have urged the IEBC to ensure that most of the necessary preparations are done before the elections. The Bill should have included a specific timeframe for the submission of party lists and documents to the Registrar of Political Parties. This will help us avoid delays and streamline the process. We should finalise with all these things that take us back, before the official campaign period. The only thing that I think will remain there, are these disputes we have during nominations. I know we have a period of about 30 days to resolve our disputes but after that can we not reduce the official campaign time? We can do it in two months. This is because in three months, by the time you are finalising that leg, you will have gone through quite something. So, it is something we can think of, which was not there. As we reorganize ourselves, we need to ask ourselves whether we want to see an IEBC that is functional. First, we have agreed we shall have two members from the Parliamentary Service Commission and from other bodies. That is now the panel. Going forward, whoever we pick from either side, we must accept they are Kenyans in the first place. We must look at it and appreciate that we must look at the secretariat. I agree to the three years, renewable. But after removing commissioners, we still have all the returning officers. How do you work? Why can we not say that a returning officer who has presided over three or four elections should leave so that we bring in new ones and we start on a new slate? With this, we will not blame the secretariat or the other team for any mess that may happen. As I support, we must look at the secretariat. You cannot just give it to the CEO and leave out the key structure. That key structure is what runs the whole institution; it is the engine. So, if we want to relook at the whole structure, we must look at so many things. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Bill. Thank you."
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