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"content": "Secondly, I want to thank the Members of the PSC for taking time and coming up with this list of the Chair and eight members who will form the core and the basis of a new electoral system in this country. The Chairman has given the history and the path that we went through in reforming our electoral institution in this country. We had the DCs, the IPPG, the former ECK and today, we have a nine-member team in front of us here that will steer this country forward. We believe it will give us a free, transparent and organised electoral system in this country. We have the names of the nine members in front of us. Section 41(10) of the Constitution provides for the Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya with a unequivocal and independent mandate that is drawn from the Constitution and it says:- âIn the exercise of these functions under the Constitution, the Commission shall not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority.â Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know what we went through in 2007. We know the report that was tabled in this House; the Kriegler Report, which showed the challenges and shortcomings in our electoral systems. The mandate of the Interim Independent"
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