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    "id": 51997,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Olago",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we look at this Bill carefully, let us look at what Justice Kriegler said on the report of the Independent Review of the Electoral Commission. He had this to say about the Commission that he wanted Kenyans to seriously look at when establishing it. He said:- “The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) has professional staff in many of its departments; all the departmental heads are at least professionals. Given the Commission’s committee system, however, they will continue to be nothing more than senior assistants to the commissioners if they are not given room to apply their professional minds to the issues. This does not bode well for the ECK in a body where policymakers come and go”. This Bill must set up a truly professional Commission where the staff have their duties clearly lined and set out for them. As Ms. Karua said yesterday, the electoral law that we are going to set up after this one must have clear penalties for officers who are given tasks and who knowingly abuse their power. That way, the officers who are tasked with responsibility will bear personal responsibility and if they act knowingly, it will amount to crime. That is the only way to make staff truly answerable to Kenyans."
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