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    "id": 83475,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. G.O. Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I am a Member of the Committee and the thinking here relates to the earlier one. If this Commission’s sole purpose is to help us in formulation of legislation, how does it help any of their members? What advantage would it give to any of the members in terms of an electoral position? One can understand the argument about the Electoral and Boundaries Review Commissions where you can see that there is conflict of interest in the sense that they may curve out something that might be advantageous to themselves. But in terms of ordinary legislation the Commission, in my understanding, is supposed to help Parliament implement the new Constitution. Therefore, it would be punitive to say that a person who has served in that Commission should be barred from seeking an elective office. This is really what we are driving at and it may even be on the borderline as to whether it is constitutional or unconstitutional to disqualify them."
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