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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Bill. The main reason for opposing it is on the timing and not really the content as it is. I have gone through it and some of the paragraphs are acceptable. They mean well. If you look at the timing of it and the fact that we have a Joint Select Committee that has just started looking and examining this subject of the IEBC, it may not be the right time to do this piecemeal. We require reforms, serious changes and perhaps an overhaul of the whole electoral system. That is not in doubt. If you look at the mood in the country and listen to various sectors contributing towards the issue of the electoral system and the IEBC, you will realise that it is obvious we require changes. The change we need is something quite comprehensive. We want something that is properly carried out, discussed and from proper consultations. We would like to see the entire spectrum of the public and stakeholders participating in this debate so that we come out with a comprehensive document that is going to assist us. The issue of simply saying “delete this word” and “substitute this word” is to me too shallow. It is just scratching the surface. I will support anything that will improve the electoral system and make it more effective and not through this Bill. What I would suggest is that the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs appear before the Joint Select Committee and exchange suggestions, ideas and proposals they might have. They can present some of the contents of this paper. That way, they will be helping us and the country than this piecemeal approach the Bill proposes. I am not necessarily opposed to the issue of the PSC and the bit about its participation. When I read through those relevant sections allowing the PSC to participate, I realised that the PSC will just be facilitating. Unless I miss the point, that is what I saw. The commission will be charged with ensuring that the vacancies are advertised, applicants are received and shortlisted, 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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