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    "id": 309687,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT Clause 68 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) of sub-clause (1)- (a) by deleting subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new subparagraph; (i) one shall be a person nominated by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights; (b) by deleting the words “of integrity who has served with distinction” appearing in subparagraph (iv) and substituting therefor the words “who has at least seven years experience in public service”; (c) in sub-clause (6) by inserting the words “on the recommendation of the Public Service Commission” immediately after the word “shall”. First, I wish to thank the Minister before I go ahead. That was a good one by the Minister. Again, I want to take the hon. Members through. This is the formation of the Intelligence Service Complaints Board. If you look at Clause 68(i)(b) it says that the chairperson who shall be qualified to be a judge of the High Court and four other members, of whom one shall be a person who has knowledge and experience in human rights. What we did was to define this and to include an entity called “a representative of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission,” so that it is definite who represents the human rights fraternity, instead of just picking an individual with no experience. We agreed on this. The fifth section talks about one person of integrity, who has served with distinction. Again, we realized that this is so subjective. What we said is that a person who has experience in public service. When you talk about distinction and integrity, that is not something that can easily be quantified. So, we said that the person should be experienced in public service. We did that to remove ambiguity and make it clearer, so that it is implementable."
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