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    "id": 928047,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13169,
        "legal_name": "Jeniffer Shamala",
        "slug": "jeniffer-shamala"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker that is healthy interruption. There is also the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC). Surely, in case of any dispute in the electoral process, we will run to some of these commissions. Now, they are the ones selecting commissioners. They are bound to have conflict of interest in case we call upon them to audit. On elections day, we have people overseeing the process and KHRC is one of them. The Law Society of Kenya is another. We should not have such commissions in the selection panel. We should retract and rethink about this Bill and more public participation should be carried out. For instance, we should have the Council of Governors (CoG) and the caucus of MCAs nominating a representative and the bicameral parliament, which has four slots. So, the electoral process can be satisfactory to those who will be seeking elective posts. One of the functions of the IEBC is to review boundaries. Those whose boundaries will be affected are Members of Parliament, MCAs, Senators and governors. If they are not satisfied, they have any doubt or do not trust the particular selection panel and the commissioners, then we will repeat what we have been witnessing as post-election violence after every electoral process. Kenyans are very peaceful before an election. We live together as brothers and sisters. We share salt and accommodation. We love one another and there is no country in the world that is so peaceful and democratic than Kenya. I can say that without fear of contradiction. Unlike our neighbours who have been having a lot of civil wars, Kenya has had four Heads of State. Two of them are alive and in retirement and living in Kenya peacefully. They have handed over power through a democratic process, but simply because of the IEBC commissioners whom we do not trust, as Hon. Junet has said, those who witnessed or managed the 2007 general elections did not manage the 2013 elections. Those who managed the 2013 elections did not manage the 2017 elections and the ones who managed the 2017 are the ones we are discussing. In 2022, they will 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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