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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Having said that, I want to talk about three proposed amendments. These are the three clauses in this Bill. The colleagues who have spoken before me have talked a lot about Clause 3. It is proposing to bring changes on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Office, specifically the office of the chairperson. It is good to note that IEBC is the only body in Kenya where the Vice-Chairperson or a temporary chairperson elected by the commissioners cannot conduct any lawful business. When Hon. Deputy Speaker or the Temporary Deputy Speakers are in the Chair in this House, they conduct lawful business. When the President is out of the country, the Deputy President conducts lawful business in this country. At the Judiciary, the Deputy Chief Justice, in the absence of the Chief Justice, conducts lawful business. However, IEBC is the only body where the chairperson is everything. In the absence of the chairperson, the whole business of an institution comes to a standstill. Therefore, it is good that we propose these changes to provide for proper conduct of the IEBC affairs, its businesses and for the effective management of elections. That is why Clause 3 in its entirety is trying to institutionalise the IEBC by removing the situation where the person and the office of the chairperson are seen as one and the same thing. This will put election management at risk. Therefore, it will be good to separate the two. More so, it will institutionalise the institution such that in the absence of a certain person, it goes on. It is like a business. It is a going concern."
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