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    "id": 450803,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "comment on the second petition by Mr. Wafula Buke who has a petition on the removal of not only the Chairman of IEBC, but also the entire Commission due to gross incompetence among other reasons. I was looking at the general principles for the electoral system. Article 81(e) of the Constitution requires that “The electoral system shall comply with the following principles— (e) free and fair elections, which are – (i) by secret ballot; (ii)free from violence, intimidation, improper influence or corruption; (iii) conducted by an independent body; (iv) transparent; and (v) administered in an impartial, neutral, efficient, accurate and accountable manner.” Hon. Speaker, I want to go to Article 86 of the Constitution which talks about voting. In that Article, it requires that at every election, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall ensure that the results from the polling stations are openly and accurately collated and promptly announced by the returning officer. I also want us to look at part “b” which says that the votes cast must be counted, tabulated and the results announced promptly. The one that catches my attention and where I find that IEBC was grossly incompetent is where it says that whatever voting method is used, the system must be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent. I have been asking myself, can IEBC face Kenyans and say that the system was verifiable, accurate, independent and accountable in the face of admission that electronic voter identification devices failed? From that principle alone the IEBC failed the test. I, therefore, urge the Committee as it considers this petition to allow as many Kenyans as possible to demonstrate the failure of this Commission in running elections of this country. As I sit down, I know so many of us have spoken and have said that if you are an hon. Member of Parliament and you are questioning the integrity and competence of IEBC, then you should resign. I want to remind those who may not know that I am actually in this House having won with a high percentage; 94 per cent in the last election. Even if President Kenyatta who was the candidate of Jubilee was the one running the electoral process, I would still be in this House because it was impossible to rig me out. When I hear some of our colleagues who probably had a very thin margin congratulating IEBC, they should be worried especially hon. Duale who had a margin of less than 1,000 votes. The IEBC should be worried of such hon. Members praising their work---"
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