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    "id": 48977,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oyongo Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the first point I want to state is that Commissioners have to be executive. The Commissioners who will be appointed must be accountable to what is happening in all the processes. Section 7(2) says that the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson shall be non-executive and shall serve on fulltime basis. What is the purpose of telling somebody to come to the office everyday and you make him non-executive? How will he work? If he is the chairman or vice-chairman what will he be going to do in the office on fulltime basis? So, in that clause, when the time comes, at the Committee of the whole House stage, I will propose this to be amended, so that we have the chairperson and vice-chairperson who will work on fulltime basis with the Commissioners. It is critical now that we are going through a political process. The Grand Coalition Government was formed because there was no winner and loser. It was formed because the Commissioners who were running this exercise could not agree. When we went into the last general election, the President appointed the Commissioner unilaterally and without consulting the other political players. It is very critical that the referee who will officiate this football match or oversee election process in this country, be somebody agreed upon by all the political parties. We must get the right men and women who will preside over the next general elections. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we may talk about qualifications and experience, but unless there is political concurrence and goodwill that men and women who will be appointed will be independent, we will not go far. I will give you my own experience. I was elected to Parliament through a by-election. It will really be a challenge for us unless our laws are very clear. In South Mugirango, for example, the Returning Officer tallied his own results on a different Form 16A. Forms 16A were being amended by the presiding officers on the way to the tallying centre. I told the Returning Officer the Form 16A he was using to tally the results was different from what I had. He told me to report him to the police station because he knew what he was doing. That is what he did. He used his own system of tallying. This man told me: “You can go to the police station.” I successfully petitioned the case in court. The court nullified the election"
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