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"content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion:- THAT, pursuant to the resolution of the House of 6th July, 2016 regarding the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Select Committee on matters relating to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), and paragraphs 7 and 8 of the Houses of Parliament (Joint Sittings) Rules, this House: (i) adopts the Report of the Committee laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 18th August, 2016. (ii) commits to the recommendations of the Committee regarding: a) allegations against Commissioners and the Secretariat of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, specifically on credibility, impartiality, integrity and independence; b) legal mechanisms for the vacation from office of the current Commissioners and the Secretariat of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in accordance with the Constitution. c) legal, policy and institutional reforms to strengthen the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission so as to ensure the August, 2017 elections are free and fair and are administered in an impartial, efficient, simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent manner, and d) legal, policy and institutional reforms to improve the electoral system and processes so as to ensure the August, 2017 elections are free and fair and are administered in an impartial, efficient, simple, accurate, verifiable, secure, accountable and transparent manner, and (iii) resolves to establish a mechanism by which it shall oversee the implementation of the recommendations in the Report and the electoral processes until the 2017 General Elections. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you will recall that on Tuesday, 5th July, 2016 and on Wednesday, 6th July, 2016, the Senate and the National Assembly, respectively, approved a Motion to establish a Parliamentary Select Committee on matters relating to the IEBC. The Motion acknowledged the sovereign power of the people of Kenya and the role of Parliament in representation, oversight and legislation as set out in the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Further, the Motion recognises that through pronouncements, sections of society had raised issues on the credibility, impartiality, integrity and independence of the IEBC, electoral processes and laws. The mandate of the Committee, as stated in the Motion, was as follows:- (i) Inquire into the allegations against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Commissioners and the Secretariat;"
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