{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138989","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138987","results":[{"id":1406291,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406291/?format=json","text_counter":217,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Loud consultations)"},{"id":1406292,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406292/?format=json","text_counter":218,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":"Order, Hon. Members."},{"id":1406293,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406293/?format=json","text_counter":219,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phylis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute and add my voice to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (Amendment) Bill. This Bill is long overdue. It should have been brought earlier because of the situation in the country where some constituencies and wards are not represented because they have not been given an opportunity to conduct by-elections. We should move with speed and pass this Bill so that such constituencies and wards are given an opportunity to conduct their by-elections The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1406294,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406294/?format=json","text_counter":220,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phylis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":"and have their representatives. It is through representatives that resources are distributed in the country. It is unfortunate that we have such scenarios. It is also important to align this Bill to the pronouncements made by the courts. I am sure our judges in courts did their due diligence and made observations which required that we do the amendments. I therefore, think that is very much in order. As I support the Bill, I like the fact that we are going to amend the period the CEO of IEBC serves in office. Three years was going to be a misnomer because I believe that practice makes perfect. Just like Hon. Gladys Boss said, if you are a surgeon, you cannot practise for three years and become an expert. You need to be given enough time to learn and make decisions and three years is not sufficient. I also think that the proposed six years is not enough. I propose that the CEO serves for nine years and exits just before the next election is conducted. It is good to increase the membership of the panel. The nine members can recruit a chairman who is acceptable to the entire country – a more qualified expert. It should not be about the number of years of experience. It should be somebody with integrity. You can serve for three, six or many years, but if your reputation is in question, it becomes problematic. It is important for the selection panel, now that we are going to add more members, to do their due diligence and get someone who is going to prepare the country, serve it and give very credible results. This will ensure that we avoid situations where after every election in Kenya, there is anxiety, panic and, to some extent, some people do not wish we have elections. Kenyan citizens are not very confident because every time we go for an election, people have to fight, be displaced and results contested. We have to make it right. We hope that going forward, we train our people, believe in our system and trust our processes to get the right people. An election is just a five-year season. If we get the right people to serve, life will be easy and people will relax. They will not be anxious. Schools should not close early because there is an election. It should be a season which comes and goes. I would wish that we leverage technology. We are in the 21st Century. Technology has come of age. It is unfortunate that we still rely on the analogue way of going to the polling station with an identity card and your name is checked. Sometimes a name is missing in the register and one is supposed to move from one station to another. The process should be watertight. We should leverage technology so that the process becomes very simple. We do not have to take a whole 12 or 24 hours voting and waiting for results. The results should be relayed very fast through technology. Life will be very easy."},{"id":1406295,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406295/?format=json","text_counter":221,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phylis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":"It is also important to define what a political party is. When terms are misinterpreted, they become ambiguous. It is important to define it now the same way it is defined in our Standing Orders. It is also important to align the definition with the IEBC to avoid ambiguity. There are some issues which might require more amendments. When the Bill comes to the Committee of the whole House, we can iron out such issues. I would ask my colleagues to look at the Bill, read and understand it so that when making amendments, they be informative and improve the IEBC. Going forward, we would want to have a very clear election process. We do not want to finish an election and go to the Supreme Court. This creates anxiety in the country and wastes time. We should finish an election and do other things as our leaders start working immediately."},{"id":1406296,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406296/?format=json","text_counter":222,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phylis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":"I support this Bill. I know we can not have a perfect document at ago. Learning is a continuous process. The document will be improved over time. Initially when we conducted elections, we did not have a Supreme Court where aggrieved presidential candidates would run to. We now have it. We can continue improving these documents slowly until they become perfect."},{"id":1406297,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406297/?format=json","text_counter":223,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Moiben, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Phylis Bartoo","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you. That is my contribution. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1406298,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406298/?format=json","text_counter":224,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" Thank you. Hon. Irene Mayaka, followed by Hon. Bernard Kitur, Hon. David Gikaria and Hon. Rozaah Buyu. Proceed in that order."},{"id":1406299,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406299/?format=json","text_counter":225,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nominated, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Irene Mayaka","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I stand to also support the Bill. I thank both the President and the soon-to-be President of Africa, the Right Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, for being magnanimous enough to rally their troops and leaders who were part of the NADCO team. The team took into consideration and conducted public participation. They considered the people of Kenya. I also thank the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for being able to extract this Bill and the others that are soon to come to the House. I am very thankful for this because when we have amendments to Bills that are meant to have perpetuity, it means we will leave solutions that will not only help this Parliament but also future parliaments and the people of Kenya at large. These are solutions that will be engraved in law and, therefore, very helpful to the people of Kenya. The other reason I am thankful is because in 2027, I am one of the people who wants to run for a political seat. When we have laws in place that streamline IEBC, it gives hope to myself and a lot of us who want to run for political seats, because then we know that things are going to be better than they have been in the past."},{"id":1406300,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1406300/?format=json","text_counter":226,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"[The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) left the Chair]"}]}