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    "speaker_name": "Baringo CWR, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladwell Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Gladwell Jesire Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You know I have been wondering about people talking about “the urgency” of the matter and yet for two years we have not had a commission. One hour cannot make a big difference. I am supporting this and I thank Hon. Kamanda for it. I am, however, thinking of something on the membership of the Commission. The membership of the commission is 12 people. They will be making decisions on behalf of the commission. My thinking is, from what we know through Mwongozo and other practices sanctioned in other Bills, the membership of a body should be an odd number, say, nine or 11. This particular body has 12 members. I am wondering, when they differ on matters and they need to vote, what will happen? I think the membership is not in order. So it should be looked at, if we will do things as per other alignments that we have had in other Bills. The other thing is that as much as people are supporting the term of office to be six years, I have some reservations. I am imagining we have had a commission which is not performing at all and then we give them six years. It is even longer than the presidential term. So, in case this membership does not perform and we have given them six years, what happens? It is a question we need to discuss. All other boards in this country serve for three years, which are renewable. When we put this one to be six years, it could also be expensive for Kenyans, especially if it turns out that the membership is not performing as expected. So, we need to debate this matter further. I want to support what Hon. Mbadi said about a member of the Judiciary. When we put the Judiciary in the cohesion commission directly like that, what happens when we have a matter to take to the same body? It means we are taking membership to its own other part of the Judiciary. I do not know. It is something I feel we should look at more clearly. Of course, I know they are matters that should be discussed. I know that the victims of this commission, most of the time, are politicians; either the members of county assemblies or we the Members of Parliament. We are actually the people who are likely to speak in a manner suggesting that we are dividing this country. We are victims. When you are a victim and you are kept aside and people discuss you always, what happens? You also need to be given an ear. As much as we are saying sitting Members of Parliament must not be members of this Commission, I do not think it bars those who are no longer Members 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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