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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Finally, another matter that I have heard Members talk about that is important to me is the consequences of this Bill on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). When this Bill goes through the IEBC commissioners definitely will be affected because their term expires in November and the elections are done in December. This Parliament will deal with this matter whether we change the date or not but it is important to propose that once this Bill goes through we will either have to extend the term of the IEBC commissioners or also have to reduce their term by one-and-a-half years whichever Parliament thinks fit. I also believe that a couple of reforms will need to be done, to ensure that we deal with education standards of those who are going to vie, the two-thirds gender rule and to shorten negotiations, we may also need to deal with the voter register, party hopping and all this. It is Parliament’s mandate to do this and we should not shy away from it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those very many remarks, I now call upon Hon. Chepkong’a, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in Parliament to second this Bill."
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