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    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Special Motion and I thank my Chairman, my Vice-Chairman and the other Members for sacrificing not just their Saturday, but their Madaraka Day. For us, we had no Madaraka holiday on this day because we sat throughout. It is important that Kenyans and this House understand the context in which we are recommending all the nominees to be approved. First of all, we had a very robust vetting session. It was covered live in most of the stations. We posed to the nominees all the questions that had been raised by those who had objected, and three people objected: Dr. Gikenyi, Mr Omondi and Ms Masinde. It is their constitutional right to object, but we were satisfied that all the objections they had raised were sufficiently dealt with to our satisfaction. It is also important to note that in some cases, we had to recall some of the nominees for further clarification when some of the Members also raised issues which looked like they were not sufficiently addressed. They came back and answered those questions sufficiently. Hon. Speaker, let me briefly speak to some of these as the Chairman has covered a lot of them. Let me start with the nominee for the chairperson position, Mr Erastus Ethekon. It is important to note that for you to be Chairperson of the IEBC, you must be qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court under Article 166. To be a judge of the Supreme Court, you need The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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