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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "content": "I need not go on record because of the behind-the-scenes conversations lest somebody picks and uses them either for or against this House or the Selection Panel. This House has adults, so they understand what I mean. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are being asked to consider this Bill and give our views and thoughts to it. While I was moving the NADCO Report, I mentioned this Bill. Given that they arose out of a bipartisan process, even the consideration of amendments - there is nothing in our Standing Orders that bar any Member from bringing amendment to any Bill - courtesy and good order demands that we consult as we have always done anyway on many of the Bills. I know the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights has recommended a number of amendments on this Bill. I guess it is the report that has been tabled a few minutes ago. Should we conclude with this stage this morning session, then maybe we could consider the Committee of the Whole later in the day or tomorrow and we shall be guided by the decisions of our Committee. I believe that the Committee is made up of competent colleagues who have taken time to read through this Bill, listen to stakeholder views and make it even better. In as much as we give a good product to the country, it can always be made better. Here are some of the salient issues that this Bill discusses. Section 1 of the Bill is about the name. Section 2 changes a few definitions, the first being the word “chairpersons” by deleting the words “or the vice chairpersons or a member of the Commission when discharging the functions of the chairperson”. It brings clarity on what the responsibility of the chairperson of the IEBC vis-à-"
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