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    "id": 981165,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will make very brief comments on the Bill that is before us. As I had indicated when I rose on a point of order, it is rather confusing. Reading the Bill as presented by the National Assembly, it seeks to amend the First Schedule that talks about the procedure for appointment of the Chairperson and members of IEBC. That Bill has given us 11 member panel, which is not plucked from the air. The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) presents four members; the Public Service Commission (PSC), one person; the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), one person; the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), one person; National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), one person; Kenya National Commission on human Rights (KNCHR), one person and the Inter-Religious Council (IRC), two people. That comes to 11. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would support this Bill very comfortably if the very able Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights would have also been unequivocal in its support. The Chairperson has just indicated that there is thinking that we should reduce the number from 11 to seven. What is not clear to me is that if we move from 11 to seven, are we dropping out one of the stakeholders, reducing the nominees of the PSC or those of the IRC? I would wish to support something that is definite, rather than something that is amorphous. This is the kind of Bill that would have benefited from the tradition that we have had in the Senate of a bi-partisan discussion and canvassing of the issues, so that when this Bill comes to the House, then all of us are aware of the amendments or changes that"
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