{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=153141","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=153139","results":[{"id":1549592,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549592/?format=json","text_counter":308,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Sen. Cherarkey consulted loudly)"},{"id":1549593,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549593/?format=json","text_counter":309,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mumma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":"Sen. Cherarkey, we will listen to those contributing in silence, please."},{"id":1549594,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549594/?format=json","text_counter":310,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Okiya Omtatah","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to oppose this Motion. Listening to what has been going on, I have just wondered what the powers of the PSC are. When did they become a medium for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1549595,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549595/?format=json","text_counter":311,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Okiya Omtatah","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"introducing debate in this House? As far as I am concerned, there is no request to Parliament to extend time. Secondly, this House is presided over by the Speaker. Similarly, the other House is presided over by the Speaker; the two Houses of Parliament. I agree with those who have said that where Parliament is supposed to be asked to do anything, the two Speakers have to be addressed. It is not correct that the Clerk is addressed on behalf of the Speaker. There are letters which go to the Clerk, which are merely for administrative work or for Petitions. However, to request a special favour from Parliament, you have to move the Speakers. So, as far as we are concerned, we have not been moved to grant any extension of time. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have looked through the Motion and I am just seeing a recitation of nothing. There are a lot of words here, but they say nothing. Not a single reason has been given as to why we should extend the time of the Selection Panel. All I can see written down here are words like “Noting that,” “Further noting that,” “Conscious of,” “Further conscious,” “Now therefore---”. There is no reason given why they want to extend time. Secondly, I have seen the letter that was written to the Hon. Wetangula. It expressly asks for 30 days. Can we debate in the absence of these people who requested for 30 days and reduce that to 14 days as the National Assembly has done? Would it not be proper for them to justify why they needed 30 days and not 31 days? In my opinion, we should approach this issue with the seriousness it deserves. First of all, the law allows this House to extend time, which means there was a recognition that there would come an occasion when time would have to be extended. However, the person or the entity seeking to extend time, must give us reasons why they need the time extended. Our decision must be on merit. So, in the absence of an application to this House, through our Speaker, and in the unbelievable decision by the National Assembly to assume that it knows that 14 days would be enough and not 30 days, without hearing the other party, and the failure for the other party to give any reasons why they want an extension of time, this being a House of records, I would not like to be associated with this kind of disregard for due process, law and detail. Therefore, I oppose the Motion. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1549596,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549596/?format=json","text_counter":312,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mumma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Mandago, please proceed."},{"id":1549597,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549597/?format=json","text_counter":313,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mandago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13577,"legal_name":"Kiplagat Jackson Mandago","slug":"kiplagat-jackson-mandago"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me first say that indeed, as a country, we need the IEBC in place as soon as possible. We must appreciate that there has been quite some delay in the process. In that delay, there are citizens of this country who are not being represented, either in the National Assembly, Senate, or even in the County Assemblies. Those citizens have a right to be represented and their matters to be heard through their representatives. In view of that, despite the challenges of the Chairperson not writing to the Senate and we take exception that there is contempt of this House to the extent that they seem not to understand that we have a responsibility as a Senate also to approve the extension of time for them to be able to conduct their work, I do support this Motion. Let the time The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1549598,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549598/?format=json","text_counter":314,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mandago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13577,"legal_name":"Kiplagat Jackson Mandago","slug":"kiplagat-jackson-mandago"},"content":"be extended for the selection panel to complete the process so that we can have an IEBC in place. Madam Temporary Speaker, successful or credible election is also determined by the amount of preparation that is put in place to ensure that logistical issues are properly addressed. We do not want to run to 2027 and have an electoral body that has just arrived shortly before elections. That would be giving room for those who will be selected as Commissioners and Chairperson of the Commission, to give excuses of lack of preparedness for the election. In my opinion, and I would like to persuade my colleagues, although I also agree with the sentiments of the Senator for Nairobi City County, that the Chairperson of the Selection Panel should have noted. Secondly, the Chairperson of the PSC who happens to be the Speaker of the National Assembly, should not receive a letter on 20th March and it is being supplied to us to discuss in an ambush kind of arrangement. Some matters need to be taken seriously because they affect the nation and can jeopardize it. If the Senate today decides they will not approve this extension, then we are likely to have, a rush selection of candidates that might, at the end, give us problems. Having said that, I support this Motion that we extend the time for the Selection Panel. However, next time, the Chairman of the PSC and the selection panel should note that Senate has a responsibility and a role in this process. I thank you."},{"id":1549599,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549599/?format=json","text_counter":315,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mumma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Nyamu, please proceed. Sen. Nyamu, are you ready or not?"},{"id":1549600,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549600/?format=json","text_counter":316,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Nyamu","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would like to contribute to this Motion."},{"id":1549601,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1549601/?format=json","text_counter":317,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Nyamu","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"We know the hue and cry that superseded the selection of this panel. We know the long wait that the country had to endure before we got this panel in place as selected by the President. We cannot ignore the fact that the Senate should be given due respect and addressed on issues as serious as this. However, at the same time, we are here to serve the country. We cannot delay this further. We should not be one of the bottlenecks of this process in terms of coming up with the commissioners of the IEBC. We cannot be one of the institutions that is creating bottlenecks. We have to facilitate the process and take up the issues of Parliament and our grievances to a different platform. With those remarks, Madam Temporary Speaker, I support."}]}