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    "id": 1426671,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "So, the mandate of IEBC is such a priority to Kenyans in general. It talks about boundaries and boundaries in this country are also a top priority. With those boundaries, be they wards, constituencies, or counties, they are so dear to the people of Kenya. Boundaries not only define leaders that our people will have, but they are also determinants of resources at either the ward levels, the constituency levels, or the county level. These boundaries mean so much to Kenyans to the extent that with the boundaries, Kenyans know that they determined some employment quotas. At some point in this country, employment was brought back to boundaries. Even the Public Service Commission while making adverts, sometimes the numbers are calculated based on constituencies and counties. I support this because if the IEBC is formed in a way that is acceptable to all of us, then the output will also be of benefit to all Kenyans. As the boundaries are created, they must take into consideration equity. All Kenyans would like to compete in a way that they would like to see if it is a ward, they want to see what is in that ward should also be entitled to other wards. On these boundaries, you see the issue of constituencies. Right now, once the IEBC is constituted, we are looking forward to certain constituencies getting even more constituencies. In Ndhiwa Constituency in Homa Bay County, where I come from, it is a constituency that has seven wards, and it is so populated. We are praying that this IEBC will be formed like yesterday and all we are looking for as the Ndhiwa constituents is that our rights will be looked into as other constituencies deliberated on as other constituencies. Ndhiwa is a constituency that, given all the parameters, it can be split into three constituencies. The ward where I come from has over 30,000 voters. In this country, there are constituencies alone that have 30,000 voters. So, if you are looking at equity, resources that a constituency is entitled to, and in terms of even personnel at employment, we feel as a constituency that we do not get what is rightful to us because the constituency is so large. When you look at the selection panel, I find it an inclusive selection panel. We are here as a country talking about carrying everybody into our decisions and our actions. If you look at the proposed composition of the selection panel of the commission as spelled out in the Bill, we find very good representation, including spelling out the issue of gender in the selection panel. I therefore support the proposed selection panel as brought out in the Bill."
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