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    "content": "The principal Act is amended in section 7 by─ of section 7 of No. 22 of (a) inserting the following new subsection immediately after 2011. subsection (1) — (2), Without prejudice to subsection (1), at least, two members of the Commission shall be appointed for a single term of five years and shall not be eligible for reappointment. (3) The term of office for the respective members shall be specified in the instrument of appointment. (b) renumbering the existing subsection as subsection (4). This is a very simple amendment. The issue of continuity of the commission is very important. It is something that we are struggling with even now that almost all our commissioners who were appointed at the same time in 2010/2011 are going home the same day. We are talking about Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), EACC and Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) whose terms are expiring. This ensures that there is no continuity. So, what I am proposing is that out of the five Commissioners, three will serve for six years and two will serve for five years. We are staggering this, so that even as others retire, there is no vacuum in the commissions. Examples are found in Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) and Judicial Service Commission (JSC)."
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