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    "id": 880805,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "I want to raise five legitimate issues that are important. As we make this deliberation and as you will retreat to consider this matter, we must start by asking ourselves: What is our role first, as Parliament but, specifically as the National Assembly? In Article 95(2) of the Constitution, one of our fundamental duties is to deliberate on matters of concern to the country and resolve them. Outside of corruption, I know of no other matter that is of great concern to Kenyans more that the question of elections, who will conduct it and whether we will end up with the problems we have ended up with. Therefore, this is not just an issue for IEBC, it is an issue for Kenyans. As Members ventilate on this, we should remember… Let us put aside the IEBC commissioners. The issue that has been presented before you is: Are there any circumstances under which this august House can deliberate on a question of whether members of a commission or a holder of an independent office ought to vacate office or not? That is the real issue. If we go the way of stifling ourselves and self-restriction, we will enter turbulent waters ahead. We will restrict ourselves to a situation that, unless a Kenyan has courage to bring a petition before this House then we, as an august House that passed the name of that person or those persons, our hands are tied. It will be dangerous that we cannot discuss it. Specifically, while the Leader of the Majority Party has referred you to Article 251 appropriately, he has forgotten that there are other parts of the Constitution that speak to this matter. Hon. Speaker, the point I want to persuade you with is that there is a distinction between actual process of removal and initiation of that process. Article 251 that both the Leader of the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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