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    "id": 1426794,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "We are already in violation of this part of the Constitution because this is the thirteenth year since the passage of this Constitution of Kenya, 2010. As a House of Parliament, unfortunately, we have not been able to make the necessary law and provide the IEBC with the necessary provisions and tools for them to conduct this exercise. This is something that we need to do with urgency, so that they review all these features that are provided in Part 5 - the geographical features, community interest, and all these petitions. When we were at the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO), part of the larger contributions that we received from members of the public were to do with the review of boundaries. Either they want their constituency renamed or they want this or the other ward redrawn and all those things. The Constitution has given us this mandate as a House of Parliament. The Constitution has given us that mandate as a House of Parliament. This is something that we need to enable the IEBC to conduct and furnish Parliament with a report. Parliament should then publish it for citizens to give their views on their constituency or ward to either be redrawn, renamed and ensure that the number of inhabitants in that particular ward remains within the quotas that have been allocated. I do not want to take too long on that topic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Clause 9 of the Bill proposes to increase the number of persons appointed to the Selection Panel by the President to nine. You know very well that, the Selection Panel in existence presently, has seven members and there is a history to this. I like this law and the spirit that has guided it. When the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) did not consider the opinions of our democracy in this House, during the very confusing handshake days, it ended up with the Majority and the Minority being on one side and within the Majority, there was another function that had a different political leaning. Therefore, due to the lack of proper representation or drafting of the law, it ended up that the four members nominated to the Selection Panel representing only one side of the political divide. That is what ended up giving us the so-called Cherera Four. You know the consequences. As it is specified in the law today, PSC cannot sit as was the case previously and just give us four individuals. They must be representative of the Majority and the Minority parties. Further to that, we have provided it because our colleague, Sen. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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