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    "id": 892657,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. OpiyoWandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "We have recommended that this supplier who failed to supply the security seals on time and in full be blacklisted by the IEBC. The supplier is Ms. Far East Limited. My Committee worked very diligently and was basing its recommendations on the observations and findings. Where we found culpability, we said so without mincing words. If we look at the IEBC Act, Section 11(a), I am sure Hon. Kaluma will be interested in this, it states that for the effective performance of the functions of the Commission, the chairperson and members of the Commission shall perform their functions in accordance with the Constitution and in particular shall be responsible for the formulation of policy and strategy of the Commission and oversight. In Part B, it says that the Secretariat shall perform the day to day administrative functions of the Commission and implement the policies and strategies formulated by the Commission. What this section of the Act presupposes is that the Commission shall not meddle in the affairs of the Secretariat. Likewise, the Secretariat shall not meddle in the affairs of the Commission. Their roles are clearly defined and there is a clear boundary. If you look at the minutes and, we had to struggle to get them, you will find that when the commissioners and Secretariat appeared before us, they were very reluctant to avail them. However, the Committee compelled them and eventually when we laid our hands on these minutes of the plenary meetings of the IEBC for the entire period of 2017, we were shocked. If you look at, for instance, the minutes of the 175th Special Plenary Meeting of the IEBC held on 31st March, 2017, and I want to read some exempts here, they say:"
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