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    "id": 676086,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "benefit of recent learning compared to Sen. Orengo and Sen. Kiraitu. So, you can be sure that they will not despise the knowledge that I have. On a more concrete note, the IEBC (Amendment) Bill is the last one which we are considering as a Committee, among the electoral reforms that we have been discussing with the Judiciary, IEBC, the Registrar of Political Parties, the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) and the Political Liaison Committee, which has been set up under the Political Parties Act to deal with party issues. We had discussions and retreats in Mombasa with the Judicial Committee on elections. We had four judges representing the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Magistrates Court to discuss a raft of amendments that had been proposed. The final one is the IEBC (Amendment) Bill, which we are seeking to look at the Selection Panel. The Selection Panel is a relic of the Coalition Government. It does not represent the current arrangement that we have in this House. That law was passed immediately after the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. There was no election that had been held before. After the elections of 2013, it was found that these laws would no longer be tenable in the current arrangement, where you have one party outside Government and another party in Government. So, we needed to take care of all the interests. So, the proposal we are making with regard to the Selection Panel is contained in Clause 4 of the Bill. We are proposing two persons to compose the Selection Panel for the appointment of commissioners to the IEBC. We were saying so because we were looking at the worst case scenario in the unlikely event. Assuming that one commissioner resigns, what will be the mode of replacement of that commissioner? So, we were looking at an acceptable position to all Kenyans and all parties that are involved in a democratic competition. So, we at this point in time, for the benefit of Members and Hon. Midiwo who claimed that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs was composed of a few Members, when the Committee is composed of 29 Members, we e agreed by consensus. In fact, the proposal to adopt these amendments for purposes of publication was proposed by a Member from the Jubilee side and seconded by a Member from CORD."
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