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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "transfer part of that money to where it is needed critically, especially in the education sector where we have shortage of teachers and we need to recruit more teachers to deal with problem of shortage. For that to happen, we need to reduce the commissioners we have. What is the need of having all those people idling, sitting and doing secretariat work when they could be dealing with policies and such issues? There is this bit which is dealing with part time employment. This will also be captured when we finally deal with the proper law which addresses the issue of electoral reforms for these commissioners to serve on part time basis. I welcome that because we have the secretariat which works on full-time basis. We do not need to have friction all the time between the secretariat and the commissioners who are idling around and need to be seen to be bosses giving instructions which may conflict with the usual operations in these offices. Having these Commissioners serve on a part time basis is welcome. I support that. In this Bill, there is also the issue of vetting of staff. I do not think the vetting of staff of the IEBC is well intentioned. I do not think it is necessary. This is a witch-hunt. It is only meant to mistreat the staff. Coming from the world of trade unionism, I do not support this because it is harassment sort of. In any case, we have an example of vetting that has been done under the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). The corruption which prevails is much bigger. Traffic policemen who should be monitoring speeds along the road arrest us on the same roads and we part with a lot of money. Even though they have been vetted, they are still massively receiving bribes. I do not know if this issue of vetting makes sense. Judges have been vetted, but is the Judiciary clean? They are more corrupt than ever. You can buy justice. This idea of vetting is nothing short of a witch-hunt and possibly to be seen to be making changes in the IEBC. This is not necessary. This Bill is quite untimely. It should not be before this House but because it has been tabled here, we need to deviate and reject it in totality."
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