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    "id": 687648,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to support this Report having been one of the Members that sat in this Committee and I am conversant with what happened and the negotiations. I would like to tell the House that this is a product of extensive consultation across the political divide. This is a product of nationalism and patriotism. The leadership of Sen. Orengo and Sen. Murungi enabled us to reach consensus on all the issues that we dealt with. As a matter of fact and for the record, we never voted on any of these issues. We thought we should sit down and we agreed from the beginning that there are positions that come from our political parties. We invited them and they came to make presentations. Both Jubilee and Cord coalitions made their presentation before the Committee. In fact, they made their presentations on behalf of the parties we belong to individually. As a Committee, we had a responsibility to behave over and above those positions because we were balancing both the positions of the political parties but there were also various positions of Kenyans from different walks of life; whether it was the private sector, the religious sector or the civil society. Therefore, when you look at this Report as it is here, it is a product of extensive public participation by the people of Kenya who wanted a position on the IEBC and electoral reforms. On Thematic area No. 1, I was in one of the media houses today with my friend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. When I left there, somebody told me that the debate was not as interesting as they wished it to be because we did not fight. There has been misconception in the public domain that this Committee declared commissioners immune from any prosecution. They say that the Committee sat down and cleared them of any allegations. May be some people are unable to read and comprehend English language. We said that we made no findings at all on matters related to whether or not, the allegations were factual and substantiated. We decided in the public’s desire to have a free and fair election next year, to let them voluntarily vacate the office. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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