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    "content": "(iii) Whether arising from items (i) and (ii) the report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs may be tabled for debate and resolution by the House. On this last issue, it may be noted that the report was permitted by the Speaker to be tabled yesterday and was indeed tabled. To appreciate these issues, it is important on the outset to understand the constitutional and statutory provisions in the process of the first review of the delimitation of boundaries of constituencies and wards. Article 88 of the Constitution establishes the IEBC and invests in it the responsibilities of amongst other things the delimitation of constituencies and wards. Clause 5 of Article 88 provides that the Commission shall exercise its powers and perform its functions in accordance with the Constitution and national legislation. It has also been noted that the IEBC is one of those commissions to which pursuant to Article 248(1) Chapter 15 applies. Article 249(1) of the Constitution is clear that such commissions including the IEBC are established to:- (a) Protect the sovereignty of the people. (b) Secure the observance by all the State organs of democratic values and principles. (c) Promote constitutionalism."
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