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    "speaker_name": "PROCEDURAL MOTION Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Speaker. I rise to move a Procedural Motion pursuant to Standing Orders No.234(1), in which I am seeking the indulgence of the House for the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs to be given additional 30 days to investigate the matter of the removal of the Chairperson and Members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The reasons why we are seeking for additional time are two-fold. First, this is a matter that is exercising the minds of Kenyans and we need to deliberate it in a very exhaustive manner. Secondly, in the interest of natural justice of giving hearing to all the parties, we have drawn our timetable today as a Committee and it takes us through to July. So, we are requesting for the 30 days to enable us exhaust all the issues that need to be looked into by the Committee. We intend to invite members of IEBC and the Petitioner. We have also advertised in the media, inviting memoranda from members of the public who wish to participate in this process, which will conclude next week on Friday, 13th June, 2014. If you look at the time within which we are supposed to conclude this matter, that is 14 days as communicated in your communiqué, it is not feasible and cannot be done within that period. Otherwise, we will end up producing a very shoddy report and we know this House is very concerned about what needs to be done in a very exhaustive manner. I see when I turn my eyes towards the other side, hon. Mbadi nodding in approval that indeed this--- By mentioning him, that does not require a point of order. I am on a point of order, hon. Speaker. We are seeking the indulgence of this House. It was unanimously agreed in the Committee that we seek this period to conclude this matter. I would like to ask hon. Waiganjo to second."
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