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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "The second point, so that I give the chance to my colleagues, is on the delimitation of the electoral boundaries. This is under Clause seven. This is an important amendment because, for the first time, we can guide the IEBC on what to consider. The Constitution has given the general framework of what IEBC should consider in doing the delimitation of boundaries. However, this law is guiding it further. This should be done because we were told by the Mover of this Bill that we have 15 wards without Members of the County Assembly (MCAs). This means that the Kenyans in this ward have been denied their Constitutional right of representation. We have one constituency without a Member of Parliament and 40 protected constituencies. In Baringo County, we have one protected constituency, Mogotio Constituency. We are not prepared to cede and lose that constituency at any moment. This is something that is missing in this law. The law should have provided a framework for how the constituencies will be protected. I agree with the proposals in the Bill. As I conclude, I will read Clause 6) – \"The Parliamentary Committee shall, within fourteen days of receipt of the revised preliminary report, table the report in the National Assembly together with its recommendations.\" Clause (7) states- \"the National Assembly shall, within 14 days of the tabling of the revised preliminary report, consider the report and forward its recommendations to the Commission.\" Clause (8) states- \"Within fourteen days of the expiry of the period provided for in subsection (7), the Commission shall upon receipt and considerations of the National Assembly and representations from the public, prepare the final report for publication in the Gazette.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, our report as the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC), raises issues. Subclauses (7) and (8) is deliberately removing the Senate in the entire process and yet those electoral units for the wards and constituencies fall under counties. I agree with the proposal by our Committee that wherever there is the National Assembly in that particular subclause, we replace it with ‘Parliament’ because Parliament is both the National Assembly and the Senate. I conclude by saying we are glad as a House, that this is our moment. We need to take up these issues and for the delimitation of boundaries, that is an area in which I am very keen. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in my county we have six constituencies and they are growing very fast in terms of population. Tiaty is more than a half of the Baringo County. Mogotio at that time had a low population. I am very sure by now it has been able to attain the requisite population. Those of us from counties where we have protected Constituencies like Mogotio in Baringo, that is an area we will ensure that we amend this law so that we have our constituencies protected. I support."
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