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    "id": 180970,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Abdikadir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Hussein Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 6 be amended by- (a) deleting Subclause (4) and replacing it with the following subclauses- (4) The Committee of Experts shall comprise of nine persons nominated by the National Assembly and appointed by the President of whom- (a) three shall be non-citizens nominated by the National Assembly from a list of five names submitted to the Parliamentary Select Committee by the Panel of Eminent African Personalities in consultation with the National Dialogue and Reconciliation Committee; and, (b) six shall be citizens of Kenya nominated by the National Assembly in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the November 4, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3241 First Schedule. (b) inserting the following new subclause immediately after Subclause (6)- (7) The Parliamentary Select Committee shall ensure regional and gender balance in the persons recommended for appointment as members of the Committee of Experts. The amendment has three proposals; one is to change the composition of the Committee of Experts to increase the number of Kenyans to serve on that Committee for obvious reasons. The constitutional review process is probably the most crucial process this country can undertake in terms of legislation. It is prudent that we have a majority of Kenyans, not just in terms of the total number but in terms of committees and the quorum. Secondly, the proposed amendments rationalise the procedure of appointment to ensure Parliamentary scrutiny and, thirdly, it essentially seeks gender and regional balance on that crucial Committee."
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