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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "It would also be remembered that while Article 89 provides for delimitation of boundaries between every eight to 12 years, the procedure for that delimitation has never been legislated upon. It has been left for the IEBC and Kenyans to wonder in darkness and imagination how the process should be carried out. This is the first time in the history of our electoral reforms that we are putting up a procedure of how the process of delimitation of boundaries is going to be carried out. I urge Members of Parliament to look carefully at the procedure that is being proposed so that when we get to the Committee of the whole House, those who may have improvements can make them. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we said our governance system be it the presidency, Senators, governors, the 290 Members of Parliament who were elected from single member constituencies, or those who were nominated to represent particular interests including the county assemblies, everything that we do is a product of the electoral reforms that are announced by the IEBC. It is important for all of us to have faith in that institution. In the history of this country, most election panels, be it the selection panel for the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) or other offices, are domiciled in the Office of the President. In order for us to be seen to be fair, we are recommending that the budget and administration of the selection panels be domiciled in Parliament. Parliament has a bipartisan nature. It has the majority and the minority side. If they are domiciled in the presidency, there will be a perception that the people in the presidency will have an upper hand in terms of the selection and budget. For that Hon. Deputy Speaker, we urge this House to adopt the reforms contained in this amendment and to support the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee so that we may have an IEBC as soon as possible."
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