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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Members had raised the issue of the number of the members of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission, and the Bill now contains eight members plus a chairman, and the method of recruitment is through the Select Committee on Constitutional Review, and will be through competitive bidding. The entire National Assembly will be able to ratify or cause corrections of the same. It will then be forwarded over to the President for consideration and appointment in consultation with the Prime Minister. The same goes for the interim independent review commission introduced by the proposed Section 41B, which, again, will be for assisting and making recommendations in the matter of, not only administrative boundaries, but also parliamentary and civic areas. I need not go through each and every provision but I need to say that for the Independent Interim Constitutional Court brought in by the proposed Section 68, this court will merely deal with the issues arising from Constitutional review, so that it will exclusively handle those issues and ensure that we stick to the calender, as opposed to asking litigants to go before our courts, where they are likely to be delayed. So, for those who thought that introducing a constitutional court for purposes of the review process only is interference with the Judiciary, it is not. We have specialised courts for various 4128 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 16, 2008 issues. Under the Water Act, we have the Water Appeals Tribunal. Under the Environmental Management Act, we have the Environment Tribunal. So, this is a procedure that is allowed in law, and it is one that will help us speed up the review process. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to conclude by paying tribute to hon. Members of the Departmental Committee on Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Whips and other hon. Members who contributed to making the Bill that is before the House today. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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