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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my voice on the establishment of a Joint Select Committee on matters relating to the IEBC. This is a very strange Motion because I have noticed that the mandate given to the Joint Select Committee is exhausted and already with a Departmental Committee. When we form a Select Committee where a Departmental Committee is in existence, then we know that we have lost the way. The 11th Parliament has completely lost its independence. This afternoon, we expressed ourselves at length at how this House should get back its independence. Such a Motion is a manifestation of a House that has completely no say in the affairs they run. Looking at the background that brings this Motion on the Table, you will realise that it is a forced Motion. It did not come from this House. The mandate given to the Joint Select Committee is properly within the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs which is already considering a Petition for removal of IEBC Commissioners. In the Order Paper, the next Order is the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, which has already been debated by both Houses. This House has already passed into law the Political Parties Bill. This House continues to do all that is necessary for electoral reforms to happen. When you see a coalition pulling out Members from Departmental Committees, as CORD has done, and then claiming to want to form a Select Committee of others, then you know that something is amiss. When you see Members of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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