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    "id": 1491081,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I would like to persuade my sister to change that so that we make it mandatory, because the mischief that you are attempting to cure cannot be cured with such language. The people there will still choose whoever they want to choose. So, I think we must expand that provision further to be discreet, to say this and this person ought to be the one given priority. I am sure my brother, Sen. Sifuna, who is the Secretary-General (SG) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party, can attest to what I am saying and can speak directly on these issues because those are the challenges we face. Today, when we do not have an IEBC, some people who had been appointed and then reappointed elsewhere and are no longer in Parliament, the IEBC will just go back to the list. What will happen if at all maybe in the National Assembly, there is a person who is supposed to replace Hon. Mbadi? Can this Bill help the IEBC to choose the right person, or will it be an issue of lobbying? Sen. Olekina would be lobbying for his brother or sister to be appointed. We need to be descriptive, and I would like to suggest that you relook at Clause 8 so that we avoid that mischief. Finally, I want to reiterate the importance of you redefining the categories of disability. You need to be elaborate so that we do not only look at people with physical, hearing and visual impairments. I want us to look at other people who are also challenged, who are dyslexic. Some people are extremely intelligent. 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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