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    "id": 1494688,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I almost laugh when I remember a certain political party that conducted its nomination electronically. There was a big fight about “password”. They questioned the use of “password”? I am sure Sen. Ogola knows a thing or two about that “password” conversation that ensued in certain regions. IEBC has that mandate provided for by law, but at the request of the political parties. Clause 16 proposes to amend Section 32, which provides for the approval of a symbol for independent candidates, by deleting the words “nomination day” and “nomination” and substituting them with the words the date of registration and registration, respectively. This is just about independent candidates making sure that the process upon which they submit is complete. Remember, when independent candidates want to submit a symbol that they are going to use in the election, it is quite a long process. Clause 17 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 33, which provides for the nomination of independent candidates. These are a few clerical things to ensure that we clean that up. I do not intend to spend a lot of time on it. Clause 18 proposes to amend the Act by inserting new Section 33(a) to provide for publication in the Gazette of party candidates and independent candidates as registered to contest in a by-election. I said some of these provisions are rather too obvious, but we still must do the same. Clause 19 of the Bill proposes to amend Section 34, which provides for the nomination of party-list members, by inserting new Sections 8(a) and 8(b) to provide that – “a person can only be nominated as a Member of a County Assembly. If such a person is a registered voter in a ward within a county, the person is to be nominated, and the need to ensure equitable representation from all wards comprising the respective county as regards nomination.” This provides clarity, which is part of what Sen. Crystal Asige was trying to do a few weeks ago by ensuring that all Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and special interest groups are nominated. Furthermore, there is a practice by political parties, including my political party, of imposing people who are not residents of a particular county to form part of the members of a county assembly of that county. I find this to be completely unfair to the residents of that particular county. Therefore, I appreciate this new provision in law. So, it is now abundantly clear that you can only nominate members of the county assembly from registered voters of that particular county. This takes away powers from the big boys of our political parties, but I feel it is a good provision. I know stories and we have had petitions, including Petitions brought to this House, where the only time a certain MCA was ever seen in a county assembly is the day when they went to take the oath of office. In fact, on the day of the swearing-in, they were seen in certain towns asking for directions to the county assembly because they did not know where the county assembly of that particular county was yet, they were members of a county assembly. I want to urge members to support this so that political parties can only nominate voters from that particular county. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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