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    "id": 721194,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Vetting of nominees for appointment as Chairperson and Members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 17th January 2017, and pursuant to the provisions of the First Schedule of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act, 2011 and Section 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, approves the appointment of the following as Chairperson and Members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC): 1. Mr. Wanyonyi Wafula Chebukati - Chairperson 2. Amb. Dr. Paul Kibiwott Kurgat, PhD - Member 3. Mr. Boya Molu - Member 4. Prof. Abdi Guliye - Member 5. Dr. Roselyn Kwamboka Akombe - Member 6. Ms. Margaret Wanjala Mwachanya - Member 7. Ms. Consolata Nkatha Bucha Maina - Member Hon. Speaker, pursuant to a resolution of the House of 1st December 2016, the Speaker referred to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs a Message from His Excellency the President, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, regarding the appointment of Mr. Wanyonyi Wafula Chebukati as Chairperson of the IEBC, Ms. Consolata Nkatha Bucha Maina, Prof. Abdi Yakub Guliye, Dr. Roselyn Kwamboka Akombe, Dr. Paul Kibiwott Kurgat, Ms. Margaret Wanjala Mwachanya and Mr. Boya Molu as Members of the Commission. The Message dated 29th December was addressed to the Speaker of the National Assembly in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(2) of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act as read with Paragraph 3(5) of the First Schedule to the Act. The Message also included a copy of a letter to His Excellency the President conveying the decision of the Selection Panel to pick the said nominees for consideration for appointment as Chairperson and Members of the Commission respectively. 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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