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    "id": 52007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a country, we must not forget what the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) of 2007 under the leadership of Mr. Kivuitu did. Today, in my opinion, they are the first people who should be taken to court. The people who should go to The Hague, in my opinion, should be the ECK Commissioners who managed the 2007 elections or those who stood in broad daylight and said they do not know who the winners are; those who stood in broad daylight and said that they cannot trace the Returning Officers! It is also those people who went out, put off the lights and made sure that the General Service Unit personnel replaced the officials who were supposed to man the election data. This Bill that the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has brought to this House is a panacea to the problems of this country in terms of the management of the electoral system. I want to thank the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) under the leadership of Mr. Issack. This Commission has restored the confidence of the Kenyan people; this Commission has successfully done a referendum; this Commission has, for the first time, compiled the national voters register from scratch where 12.4 million Kenyans were registered, which is equivalent to 72.2 per cent of the registered voters of this country. I would like to say that 90 per cent of the Kenyan masses expressed their confidence in this Commission. As we debate this Bill and form a new Commission, we must not forget that these men and women did a wonderful job in the by-elections, the referendum and in the voter register. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what are the features of a good electoral system? A good electoral system must give us an efficient and an effective secretariat which, in my opinion, this Bill, starting from the Title to the Fifth Schedule need some improvement. If you look at Section 34 of this Bill, you will find that the Minister is talking about “delimitation during first review.” If you go to the Fifth Schedule, you will see a totally different thing. If you look at the Constitution, and I want my colleagues to look at the Constitution at all times, you will find that Section 89 of the Constitution is very clear on the first review. Let us not cheat ourselves. The first review was done by the body headed by Mr. Andrew Ligale. The next review will be done after a minimum of eight years and a maximum of 12 years. For us as hon. Members, the first review is well documented in the body of the Constitution; that is in the Sixth Schedule in Section 27 of the Constitution."
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