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    "id": 721291,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Precisely. Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important debate. The Committee did a very good job. I want to also commend the Selection Panel which identified these wonderful Kenyans. The Chairman is an experienced advocate of the High Court of Kenya and the IEBC has many laws to be interpreted and I believe he has the capability to do that correctly. The only worry is the fact that there is only one lawyer out of seven. There is a tribunal which sits to deal with matters of elections and in the past, it has been chaired by a lawyer. The chairman will have to chair this and he will be overloaded with work, but I believe he is up to the task. The team is supportive. The nominees are very qualified. Amb. Kibiwott has a lot of experience as a historian in conflict resolution and would be heard in this Commission. All nominees are qualified in their fields and are likely to serve the country well. There is a proper gender balance. The only worry is when the team will take over office. If appointed quickly, they are more likely to handle voter registration in the best possible way. I want to urge Kenyans with IDs and those who are above 18 years of age to get IDs and register as voters before the exercise comes to an end. That is a very important task that this team is going to do. However, there is corruption when it comes to qualifications of people who will occupy different positions. We are happy that Archbishop (Rtd.) Wabukala was appointed as the Chairperson of the EACC. He was actually first proposed by a Member of this House before he accepted to be interviewed. I believe that together with the commissioners, Archbishop (Rtd.) Wabukala has an integral business in ensuring that Kenyans who qualify to be elected are vetted by the EACC. If these two commissions work together, Kenya will improve in the manner in which elections have been conducted in the past. Mr. Chebukati qualifies to be a judge of the High or even the Supreme Court and he can properly interpret the laws within the IEBC for the benefit and better service of Kenyans. 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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