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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to talk about the selection panel. Some colleagues have said that commissioners should not be appointed by one person. However, if you look at the way the selection panel is supposed to be appointed, you will find that it has given powers exclusively to the President. This is not what we discussed. In Naivasha, we said that this is a political process and let us be as inclusive as possible. We gave this function to political parties based on their strength in the House. Let everyone feel involved. Let the PNU Coalition as well as ODM feel involved. This is because even if you tried to exclude them, you will not do it in a way that will satisfy everybody. Therefore, the best way to have everyone feel that they are involved is by bringing everybody to participate in appointing the selection panel. In the first appointment of the selection panel, this Bill talks about the President in consultation with the Prime Minister, but it is silent in cases where there is a vacancy before the next general election. Will the President still consult the Prime Minister? That is not here. We need to include that even in subsequent vacancies. Before the next general election, the President needs to consult with the Prime Minister."
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