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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Commission (IEBC) has gone through the scientific process that is provided for in Article 89 of the Constitution, they submit the report to Parliament which will give its recommendation. The recommendation will be resubmitted to the IEBC which will bring a final report that will be considered by Parliament. This is extremely important. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I persuade my colleagues in the Senate that we may have full trust to say that we leave it as it is in the Constitution and allow IEBC to do what they want. It would be extremely irresponsible for us. The day IEBC will pronounce itself on the boundaries of wards and constituencies, we shall remain helpless representatives of the people. For example, Sen. Madzayo will tell the people of Kilifi County that there is nothing he could have done, they do not have someone to represent them in IEBC and he did not have a say in it. The seriousness of delimitation of boundaries in this country should make each one of us to have this opportunity that I have presented to this House and debate this Bill for the merits that it has. Hopefully, we will pass it and find ourselves in a situation where we will have a say in so far as how wards and constituencies are delimitated in our country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason we have the type of constituencies that we have at the moment is because political leadership directly participated in the Ligale Commission that ensured that we have the wards and boundaries that we have at the moment. With those many remarks and with the presentation that I have made, I beg to move the Motion. Considering that the Senate Minority Leader is not ready, I ask Sen. Linturi, the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights to second the Motion in the absence of Sen. Kihika who was to Second it."
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