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    "id": 981128,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981128/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": "THAT, The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) (No.3) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.35 of 2019) be now read a Second Time. I am privileged to have been a member of the IEBC Reform Committee which was a joint Committee of both Houses. That Committee did a tremendous work in amending the electoral laws. At that point in time, we had put in place a temporary selection panel that deals with selection and appointment of IEBC commissioners. We provided for in law that Parliament will take time to think through a proper selection panel that can be in place for a longer period. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in that Committee, we proposed that Parliament, in preparation for a future selection panel for replacing commissioners, will have to amend the Election’s Act. We all know what the commission has gone through. There is a commission that is running with only three commissioners. There is a shortage of four commissioners as per the Act. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for this selection panel to be in place because there have been many decisions that have been made by the IEBC, including"
}