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    "id": 1483585,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Hillary Kiplangat",
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    "content": "Therefore, 31 men in the wisdom of IEBC - and it is important to note that IEBC is a constitutionally mandated body that can ascertain gender quotas as per the law, in their wisdom, two-thirds is 31 and that is why at the County Assembly of Kericho today, we have 31 men and 16 women MCAs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even if we were to convert these figures to percentages, you will realize that if we were to argue that 32 was two-thirds, it would yield a percentage of 68.05 percent and in actual sense, two-thirds would be a percentage of 66.67. One can see that variance even if you convert those figures into percentages. In any event, if one was to argue logically that two-thirds is 32 and a third is 16, we would be having a figure of 48 MCAs in the County Assembly of Kericho, which is not the position because we have 47 MCAS. Hon. Members, this is a constitutional question, which has been settled by the courts in Kenya and in keeping with the doctrine of stare decisis, which provides that, bodies adjudicating on disputes which touch on the Constitution or the law are bound by the decision of the high court or superior courts. The decision in the case of Justin Nkaduda versu s the County Assembly of Tana River as well as Adrian Njenga Kamotho"
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