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    "id": 1550139,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand to second the Motion for the extension of the time for the recruitment of persons for appointment as Chairperson and member of the IEBC, as moved by Honourable Junet Mohammed. The panel conducting this exercise requires more time out of an abundance of caution. As Parliament and the National Assembly, we need to support this process by ensuring that we give them maximum time – sufficient time for them to conclude the process much better so that this country is satisfied with the product they produce. If we constrain them on time and push them to finish the work, we may not have a good product, or they may be constrained in such a way that they may not be efficient in their work. However, to ensure that the IEBC selection panel is efficient and does its work without constraint, it is important that we accord them the 14 days that we have in the Motion to be able to finish the work as intended. I urge Members that the IEBC selection panel's work is very important. It is at the heart of the nation, the coming election. The coming election is an important one, and it must be conducted by a commission that has been properly selected by the selection committee. We have seen the interviews. The exercise is rigorous. We would like every Kenyan to be given a fair opportunity by being properly interviewed and vetted without being hurried through the process. Therefore, just like the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Junet, has said, it is important that, as Kenyans, we give the Selection Panel an opportunity to ensure that they do a thorough job. Hon. Speaker, because this is a Procedural Motion, just like any other procedural Motion, I request Hon. Members that we vote to approve the 14 days required. It is also provided in the statute that it is okay to give them an extension if so requested. We are not breaking the law. We are within the law. I, therefore, request Hon. Members to pass this Procedural Motion without much debate so that we move forward as a nation."
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