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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Affey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 381,
        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Affey",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity. What we are discussing today is a very important matter for this country. Perhaps after the Constitution that we have accepted as a country, this is the second most important issue that the country must discuss. So, we must get it right. This House has a unique opportunity in history to do what Kenyans expect to be done legally. We are now discussing a Bill which is supposed to establish the new Commission and I want to thank the Minister for bringing it forward. We intend to establish a new Commission. First of all, we need to congratulate and thank the current IIBC. I think this Commission has done well and if it were not for the politics and the anxiety surrounding elections generally in this country, the right thing that the Minister could have done was to renew their mandate and we move forward. This Commission that we intend to establish under this law, the Minister needs to review this one mainly on terminology of what he considers to be part-time commissioners. I think if currently the Commission has served us well and we thank them for the manner in which they have conducted the referendum and the by-elections, in my view, there is no need to have a part-time Commission. The Minister can as well retain the Commission on a full- time basis and retain the number to eight. In terms of staggering, I agree that the Minister needs to stagger the commissioners but where politics is involved, we are concerned with the issue of appointments. We should appoint all commissioners and give them appointment letters, then give others five year terms and others a six year term. I have a problem with Schedule 5."
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