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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiptanui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jackson Kiplagat Kiptanui",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Minister and his staff for having prepared this Bill. I hope and trust that in future, the relevant Departmental Committees will have an opportunity to go through the Bill before being debated in this House. I would like to say that a good law in itself is not enough for us, as a country. We had a law in 2007, but all of us know what happened. Currently, we still have a law and we know what happens in different Ministries and Departments where Ministers and some officers do not follow the law. As we attempt to have a good law in this country, we must ensure that we have men and women of integrity, who are accountable to this nation and men and women who are loyal to the nation and not loyal to their godfathers or their party leaders. Therefore, as much as we would like to have a good Bill, we must ensure that the people that we elect as commissioners must be, first and foremost, men and women of integrity. As we debate this Bill, we must remember that in the next two years we shall have elections. With a good law alone, I want to tell you that we shall not have free and fair elections. We need men and women of integrity who are willing to serve this nation. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to make a few comments on this Bill. As I have said, the commissioners to be appointed to this Commission will be men and women of integrity. As we start the process of selecting these Commissioners, I would like to ask the Minister to ensure that the names given reflect regional balance and show the face of this nation. Indeed, my thinking is that if we have eight or nine Commissioners, each region must be represented, if we were to go by the former provinces."
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