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    "id": 1494684,
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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": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 5 is amending Section 8A of the principle Act, which is a deletion of subsection (3) and provides for audit of the Register of Voters by a professional reputable firm for purposes of first general election after the commencement of this Act. We have argued about the validity of our Register of Voters. I do not know if other countries have this. I know for a fact that you have come from observing elections in some land very far away from this place. I do not know if you had any conversations about audit of the registered list of voters in your conversations or exit report. Therefore, because we do not trust our independent institutions or for some reason want to confirm, we have provided that a professional audit firm upon the passage of this Act to conduct an audit of the Register of Voters. Sen. Osotsi, that is why our elections are extremely expensive. In other countries that trust their independent institution, this is work that can be left to IEBC to do on their own and clean it up. However, trust is an expensive affair. I had explained why many of these issues stem from mistrust of the electoral process and the players in between. You can imagine how much it will cost the IEBC to hire a firm to look into the list of registered voters, who are about 20 million, if I am not wrong. Kenyan taxpayers will pay quite a tidy amount for that provision. However, let it be as it may. Clauses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 and 13 of the Bill is an amendment of Sections 14, 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 24 and 25 by deleting the words “nomination” and substituting it with “registration of candidates” so as to differentiate the role of IEBC and those of the Registrar of Political Parties. Remember, there is confusion in how the Act is presently drafted. Additionally, Clauses 7 and 9 delete the submission of party lists with respect to parliamentary and county assembly nominations to the IEBC by political parties. Further, Clause 10 of the Bill proposes to delete Section 22 and set out education requirements for a Member of Parliament or County Assembly. These requirements, remember, have been declared unconstitutional in Wambui"
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