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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyamai",
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        "legal_name": "Rachael Kaki Nyamai",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support these amendments. I would like to congratulate my colleague Hon. Cheptumo for coming up with a coherent report. This is a very important time for us as a House because we are doing a very important thing; that is, making laws. Article 82 of our Constitution gives Parliament the responsibility of legislating on elections. Specifically, Article 82(d) of the Constitution says that Parliament should legislate on the conduct of elections and referenda and any other matters that are related to elections. So, this is a very important time. We should take up our responsibilities seriously in order to do what we should do to ensure that we follow the Constitution. In any case, we shall be implementing Articles 94 and 95 of our Constitution regarding the roles of the National Assembly. These amendments make a lot of sense to me. I went through the Report. I also looked at the summarized clauses as presented by the Committee, which I would like to say did a very good job. I watched the patience of the Chair and the Members as they interviewed people from different parts of the country. The Committee collected views from people who are highly educated, as well as people who are not highly educated. The Committee also collected the memoranda that those people brought with them, after listening to them carefully. These amendments give an opportunity to IEBC to have some continuity. It is very difficult for the country to wake up every morning and find out how the officials of IEBC are doing. That is because we are not sure if the Chair is unwell or indisposed. What is it that he could do? I am seated next to Hon. Gathoni wa Muchomba who has shared with me a 72-page document that is a bit worrying. I do not want to comment on it on the Floor of the House right now because I have not read it fully, but I must say that we have looked at some of the issues that have been raised at a recent Press statement and it is a bit worrying. It is good when a person is not ready for an election to withdraw because this country is bigger than an individual. We have children who would like to grow. We have farmers who are waiting for the rain to come so that they can grow their crops. We have businessmen who have not been able to import commodities, and they would like to do so. They are not sure of the market the next day, next week or next month. Because of that uncertainty, this country is losing big economically. A time comes when an individual makes a decision for the sake of the country. That is something which should happen. I believe that in a few hours’ time, in a day’s or two days’ time, we will be sure of what decision will be made by an individual. Today there is a lot of excitement and willingness to debate on the NASA side. I can see people holding notes and willing to debate on the amendment laws. I have seen goodwill. It is 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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