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    "id": 325633,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to oppose the amendment. We have just sought to extend this Commission’s term to four years, the reason being that its first three year term had already expired. We are giving them one year, because we did not act in time to ensure that its members were replaced. The mechanism for appointments to constitutional as well as statutory commissions under the new Constitution is that they undergo a competitive appraisal, where the public participates. So, this Commission is enjoying an additional one year as an exception, especially in this electoral process. It is intended that, after this one year, the members of the Commission will be subjected to the constitutional process. It is unconstitutional to give them three years. They need to undergo appraisal before their term is extended to a full three-year term. The extension of three years would be unconstitutional."
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