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    "id": 1550130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "I ask my Deputy Party Leader to listen carefully. When we came for the general elections, a panel was constituted. Members from the Azimio side, which I lead in this House, conducted demonstrations in the streets, expressing our lack of confidence in that panel and demanding its removal. Subsequently, as a country, we agreed to reconsider the matter, recognising its importance to all Kenyans. Consequently, a committee known as the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) was formed. It was co-chaired by the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah, and the Leader of the Wiper Party, who is also my Leader in Azimio. They convened at the Bomas of Kenya for between 60 and 90 days. This, too, was a parliamentary process as the Parliamentary Service Commission provided secretariat services. The NADCO committee produced a report, which was presented to this House, along with Bills and amendments to the Elections Act and the Political Parties Act. I recall we were instructed that this was a bipartisan arrangement and that we should not amend anything. We were to pass the report and the amendments to the Bills as presented, and we complied. Following that, the constitution of the panel commenced. We obtained representatives as per the amendments we made to the Act – two members from the minority side, two members from the majority side, two members from the religious society, one member from the Law Society of Kenya, one member from non-parliamentary parties through the Political Parties Liaison Committee, and one member from ICPAK, forming a panel of nine people. We all have representation there. As the Leader of the Minority Party, I can confirm that we encountered a problem with the representative from the Wiper Party. She pursued legal action – and I supported her – leading to proceedings in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, which delayed the process for one and a half years. We remained patient with this process as I was determined to ensure that Madam Koki Muli was included because, as Azimio, we had agreed that one member would come from ODM and the other from the Wiper Party. This was our internal agreement. Consequently, I adhered to that agreement and ensured that I stood firm despite the election of Augustus Muli by the Political Parties Liaison Committee. I stated that our Azimio representatives were Prof. Adams Oloo from ODM and Amb. Koki Muli from the Wiper Party. Therefore, I am surprised to hear other political parties asserting that this is a partisan process and suggesting that if we cannot agree on an independent panel, every community, county, or political party should produce its own IEBC, allowing Kenyans to have separate elections."
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