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"content": "(KIA) in Kabete on 8th and 9th November, 2010 hon. Members requested the Committee to ensure that the IIBRC work is concluded as its mandate drew to a close. The Committee proceeded acting under that task to convene a working retreat held at the Serena Hotel, Mombasa between 13th and 14 November, 2010 with the objective, among others, of establishing the progress made by both the IIBRC and the IIEC and also to gauge the state of preparedness of moving from these interim bodies to the permanent Commission established by the new Constitution. That retreat was attended by the Chairperson of the IIBRC, Mr. Ligale, the Chairperson of IIEC, Mr. Izaak Hassan and the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, Mr. M. Kilonzo. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at that retreat, the Chairperson of the IIBRC assured the Committee that his Commission was in the process of concluding its mandate. He also shared the frustrations that it was experiencing, including what the Commission regarded as interference in its work by the Government including the parent Ministry. The Committee pursued this matter further in four subsequent meetings. That is in a meeting on 23rd November, 2010 that was convened by the Committee. Let me indicate that at that first meeting, aware of the very heated public sentiments that this matter was attracting, we invited the National Cohesion and Integration Commission to our meeting in a bid to find a way to involve that Commission to bring cohesion, starting with the Commission itself where three members had already strongly dissented from on- goings at the Commission. We held a further meeting on 24th November, 2010 where the IIBRC, for the first time in a long time, was represented in full. That was the first instance where the Committee met all the nine Commissioners of the IIBRC, including the three Commissioners that had dissented. At that meeting, the IIBRC through its chairperson presented a detailed presentation on the work of the Commission, including the methodology, the strategy applied in the delimitation of electoral units as well as the rationale for the decisions taken by the Commission. The Commission also confirmed that due to public pressure, it had proceeded to publish the proposed 290 constituencies in the print media. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the interest of carrying everybody in this process, the Committee acknowledged that there were three Commissioners that had already taken a divergent view from the rest of the Commissioners. Therefore, the Committee invited the three Commissioners to make a presentation on their alternative view and that was made respectively by Mr. Mwenda Makathimo, Dr. John Nkinyangi and Mr. Joseph Kaguthi. These are the three Commissioners who had dissented. A further meeting was held on 26th November, 2010 at which the chairman of the Commission delivered the draft gazette notice special issue dated 26th November, 2010 containing a list of documents that is part of what we are calling a report. The final meeting was held on 1st December, 2010 at which the Chairman delivered the final report of the IIBRC titled “Delimitation of Constituencies and Recommendations on Local Authorities Electoral Units and Administrative Boundaries for Districts and Other Units.” It was dated 27th November, 2010. Let me tell the House at this point that in the opinion of the IIBRC, they concluded what the Constitution refers to as the first review. That is exemplified in this final report, together with all the other documents I have made reference to. The minutes of all those meetings that I have made reference to, are annexed to this report and are marked JLA1, among the annexures."
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