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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "decide to bring on board Commissioners who were in the other Commission, it is important that we get a clear evaluation of their performance, so that we do not transfer the problems of the previous Commission to the current Commission. That is very important. The other point is that when you look at the minutes, they are very brief. One of the problems that we are having, even when we are discussing hon. Kaparo, is that Kenyans know very well that hon. Kaparo has been the Chairman of the URP. When you read this Report, page 9 is very clear. It says: “No person shall be qualified for appointment as a Commissioner if such a person- (c) is a member of the executive body of or is actively involved in the affairs of a political party”. I know he has resigned, but I would have imagined that we should be having a statement in this Report saying that the Committee got a letter from hon. Kaparo indicating that he has resigned so that even as we discuss this, we do not start imagining that we are getting somebody to the Commission while he is the chair of the URP. This will not be in order. We need to note that even as we get these minutes, we need to see more details in the minutes. These minutes are quite brief. The last point is the issue of regional balancing. This is a very important issue. The reason why regional balancing is a key factor in determining who is appointed is because this country has regions. These regions have people who live there. Every region would want to have representation. We cannot have all the 47 counties in this list. Initially, we used to have about eight provinces. When you look at the original eight provinces, to some extent, they were taking care of some particular ethnic formation. For example, from the region I come from, the person who is being proposed to be appointed has a name from that region, but it has a dash of another region. When you look at the Coast region, the person has a name which comes from the lower part, but there is a dash."
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