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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "interests. We keep shifting those interests from one corner to the other, but one thing that we know is that when we have other parties that are not necessarily within the outfit of the two parties, they would bring some sense of understanding within the Selection Panel. That is the gist of this amendment that we are seeking to propose. The other amendment that we are seeking to propose is that the IEBC commissioners should not be appointed on a full time basis. They should be on a part time basis the reason being that when you nominate people who are supposed to be policy makers to work on a full time basis from 8.00 o’clock to 5.00 o’clock yet you have a Secretariat which is also charged with the same responsibility of working between 8.00 o’clock and 5.00 o’clock, certainly, you would have friction and duplication. We wanted a situation that many of us have expressed including Hon. Midiwo. I am using him as reference point not because he is my enemy, but because we are good friends and we are in our prayer fellowship. So, he is more understanding than possibly somebody else if I used that point. While I argued this point sometime, Hon. Midiwo also argued the same. In fact, the IEBC commissioners and all the other commissioners under Chapter 15 of the Constitution should be part time. We started this process with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) commissioners and it is successful. The only mistake we made in regard to the EACC is that we made them part time, but did not change their job description. So, they claim that their job description has not been changed yet they were made part time. So, they continue going to the office on a daily basis because their job description requires them to be there on a full time basis. We have a conflict there. As a Committee, we are looking to see how we can separate that process, so that they come in whenever they are required and meet as a board of directors which will be the most ideal. As you know, we are grappling with a huge wage Bill. This is one way of trying to resolve that issue. With regard to the IEBC, surely they conduct an election once in every five years, so how would they be there for the next five years on a full time basis? It is not necessary. We are saying that they should be on a part time basis."
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