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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you for that, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute. I also thank the NADCO that came up with this very elaborate Bill, alongside eight other Bills which will be brought to this House. They will give effect to the bipartisan approach that came as a result of protracted issues that arose post-election. This Bill raises a number of things. The first one that I will speak about is additional qualifications that have been introduced for one to qualify as a commissioner in IEBC. One should have ICT and accounting skills which is an important qualification. Among the requirements under Article 38 of the Constitution, one very important duty that is required of the commissioners is to collate votes. There has been a lot of contestation during the elections, and in particular on the day of announcements on the questions of addition, collation and delays that accompany this. This holds this country in a lot of suspense and tension that is unnecessary. One more important thing why this qualification is important is because our data and the election results are stored in some servers which, for some reasons, we outsource to persons outside this country. When we pass this amendment, we must also have accompanying regulations that demand that our election results should not be stored in servers outside this country. This touches on, among other things, the question of sovereignty and intellectual property rights. When we have election disputes, we have to call a foreign country like Venezuela to get the results. Among the things that have become very contentious is the question of election audit. The servers and systems where we store our results should be resident in this country. If the 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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