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    "id": 717460,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support that the IEBC nominees be appointed by His Excellency the President. I want to quickly turn to the Chair. The Chair comes from Kiminini Constituency. In line with Section 6(a) of Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act the public must be invited to give their memorandum on oath on any appointment made by the Executive. In this case, I listened keenly when the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) was doing its work. We were happy to be told that on suitability of the Chairman, Mr. Wafula Chebukati, there was no one who submitted any petition. I was actually shocked with what I heard from Memusi who is a very good friend of mine and comes from the Maa community. The community is watching because they thought that His Excellency would appoint a person of their own. It is very unfortunate but that is the discretion of His Excellency the President. We also want to thank His Excellency the President for nominating Wafula Chebukati because he is a person of integrity. I listened keenly and we know the issue of IEBC is very contentious. This has not come as a walk in the park. People demonstrated, lives were lost and property was destroyed. It goes without saying that because it is a key position, the public was watching. If at all there was any issue of integrity, I have no doubt that I would have heard it being brought to this Committee under oath. So, on matters of integrity, we want to assure Kenyans that no such issue was raised anywhere. There was no oath. We want to start with trust. We do not want to have mistrust so that in one way or another, as the elections go by, people will start saying here and there that issues of integrity against Mr. Chebukati were raised. This is to confirm that his integrity is good. We were there and issues of integrity were not raised. Mr. Wafula Chebukati is a man who operates above board. He is a man of integrity. 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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