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    "id": 762573,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "The same relates to the issue of decision-making. You will agree with me that quorum is linked to decision-making of the Commission. If you have seven members and you say the quorum shall be half the number of commissioners, it means that you can actually have members meeting but cannot make a decision. If you have four members or three members sitting, and yet the law says it should be half of the total number, it means you can have a meeting duly constituted with quorum but cannot make a decision because you need all the members to be present. We are reducing that so that at least you have not less than three members present who will vote to make a decision. That is the distinction between the quorum of members who are present and voting, and where you have the quorum, but you require the entire membership of the Commission to be present to make a decision. These are the issues and we have to let the IEBC function. One can ask why we are doing this. The answer is that the law is there to deal with anticipated situations. Therefore, I submit humbly before this august House that we cannot retain a provision in our laws which we know can pose a serious challenge to the Commission in the event that they want to meet and make decisions, yet you require the entire seven members to be present to make it. We need the quorum of members who are present and voting to participate in the decision-making of the Commission."
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