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    "id": 43250,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": " Mr. Chairman, Sir, I see that the word causing problems in this particular Clause 5(4) is the word “delimitation”. I think hon. Members reading the word “delimitation” think there is the possibility of creating a chasm between the Chairperson and members of the Commission, on the one hand, and secretariat, on the other hand. Mr. Chairman, Sir, I think this concern is genuine. We should not downplay it. Therefore, the manner in which the clause is worded can, as Mr. Ruto said, be problematic if, indeed, the Constitution is the fundamental document giving the Commission its functions. If we wanted to remind the commissioners and the chairperson not to be involved in the day-to-day running of the Commission--- This has been the problem with some commissioners. In fact, the former Chairman, Mr. Samuel Kivuitu of the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK), at one time complained to me bitterly, that his commissioners were organizing meetings and sittings day in, day out, and that he did not know what they were doing. He said that they were doing so, even without the approval and arrangement of the secretariat which was supposed to do this work. The mischief that this particular clause is trying to treat or deal with is the mischief where commissioners get themselves involved in the administrative running of the Commission. So, the word that we should use is not “delimitation” but we should say that the chairperson and members of the Commission shall respect their constitutional duties and functions and leave the day-to-day running administrative work of the Commission to the secretariat. I think we should be specific. I am amending the amendment to say that the chairperson and members of the Commission---"
}