{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160055","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=160053","results":[{"id":1618732,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618732/?format=json","text_counter":159,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"He is saying you have roving eyes. 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":1618733,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618733/?format=json","text_counter":160,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Laughter)"},{"id":1618734,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618734/?format=json","text_counter":161,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tharaka, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. George Murugara","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. Hon. Farah, the operative word is “wives”. The wives are watching, not the wife. However, he observed it and let him just tell us something about it. This young lady has worked right from her days after university with the Lamu County. She has been a ward administrator, and she has risen all the way. Today, she is the Chief Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance in that county. When we evaluated her, she met all the parameters that were required. First, she is a youth. The youth of the Republic of Kenya are taken care of. They should not complain again that we, the elderly ladies and gentlemen, are avoiding them when it comes to matters as important as this one. Secondly, she is a lady. Of course, she cannot be anything else. The ladies have produced a youth who will represent the youth, both men and women. And this is extremely important. Thirdly, she is from a small community. Although a Bajuni, she is Shela, which is a small community in Lamu, not very developed and marginalised to some extent. She has been able to rise to that important position. Fourth, on her education, she holds a degree from Kenyatta University. She has worked in senior positions and demonstrated she is able to deliver. Our question was this: Can she stand up and defend the IEBC when it is under attack, especially by the youth? She demonstrated that she will be speaking directly to the youth on matters IEBC. When there is an issue, when they are questioned, or questions to be answered, she will be speaking to the youths directly so that they can hear her and understand her. We looked at every one of them. We were satisfied that they suited the nominations given to them, and we did not again hesitate to approve all of them. With those remarks, Hon. Speaker, allow me to move and then request the Senior Counsel in the House, with the permission from my Vice-Chair who is here, to second. These days, you know we are in broad-based and we have to be broad-based everywhere with my Vice-Chairman who is here and is listening attentively. The Senior Counsel is none other than Hon. Otiende Amollo, the Member of Parliament for Rarienda, who sat throughout, listened to these people writing the reports and everything else. With the permission of the Speaker, Senior Counsel, kindly second."},{"id":1618735,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618735/?format=json","text_counter":162,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Otiende Amollo."},{"id":1618736,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618736/?format=json","text_counter":163,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Rarieda, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Special Motion and I thank my Chairman, my Vice-Chairman and the other Members for sacrificing not just their Saturday, but their Madaraka Day. For us, we had no Madaraka holiday on this day because we sat throughout. It is important that Kenyans and this House understand the context in which we are recommending all the nominees to be approved. First of all, we had a very robust vetting session. It was covered live in most of the stations. We posed to the nominees all the questions that had been raised by those who had objected, and three people objected: Dr. Gikenyi, Mr Omondi and Ms Masinde. It is their constitutional right to object, but we were satisfied that all the objections they had raised were sufficiently dealt with to our satisfaction. It is also important to note that in some cases, we had to recall some of the nominees for further clarification when some of the Members also raised issues which looked like they were not sufficiently addressed. They came back and answered those questions sufficiently. Hon. Speaker, let me briefly speak to some of these as the Chairman has covered a lot of them. Let me start with the nominee for the chairperson position, Mr Erastus Ethekon. It is important to note that for you to be Chairperson of the IEBC, you must be qualified to be a judge of the Supreme Court under Article 166. To be a judge of the Supreme Court, you need 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":1618737,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618737/?format=json","text_counter":164,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Rarieda, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo","speaker":null,"content":"either to have practised for 15 years as an advocate, been a judicial officer for 15 years or have done something relevant in the field of law. We were satisfied that this nominee had practised for 22 years continuously. In addition, the work he has done over the period, including his current station as an expert in the African Union Development Agency in South Africa, qualifies him in any other relevant field of law, and that is why we have recommended him."},{"id":1618738,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618738/?format=json","text_counter":165,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"},{"id":1618739,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618739/?format=json","text_counter":166,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Rarieda, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, Madam Anne Nderitu’s objection was based on the fact that she is currently serving as the Registrar of Political Parties. That objection was satisfied as explained by the Chairman on the issue that the disqualification is on appointment. This nominee produced to us a Ruling by our own Speaker on 4th December 2014, which has been religiously followed that the disqualification comes at the point of appointment and assured us that should she be successful, she will resign before appointment, and therefore, it satisfied that objection. Dr. Moses Alutalala is a man who has had an odious educational odyssey, having qualified first as a primary school teacher with a diploma and then rose through self-education to be one of the first parallel students in law. His journey has been very long, but of note to us is the fact that he was admitted as an advocate in the year 2014, and was able to produce to us every practising certificate each year since then. That satisfied the idea of being a practitioner of at least 10 years. That is why we were satisfied. Ms Mary Karen Sorobit has practised law for 29 years, but an objection was raised that she may have been a member of the governing council of a political party contrary to Article 88. This nominee demonstrated to us that although she served as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in one of the political parties, she was never a member of the governing body. She produced a list, from the Registrar of Political Parties, of the members of the governing body for the Jubilee Party and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) since their inception. Therefore, she demonstrated that she is not disqualified under that rubric. Hassan Noor Hassan is a gentleman with about 40 years in public administration as required by Section 6 of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act. But of note was an objection that had been raised under Article 88(2)(a) that he may have vied as a governor within the last five years. Mr Hassan demonstrated to us by reading the express provisions of the Constitution that the disqualification only applies to Members of Parliament and Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs), not those who vie for president or governor. As a Committee, we came to the conclusion that you cannot import a disqualification into the express provision of a text, and therefore, we found that he was not disqualified. The other nominee is Prof. Francis Aduol. He was quite impressive. He is a professor of Geospatial Science and Engineering."},{"id":1618740,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618740/?format=json","text_counter":167,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Laughter)"},{"id":1618741,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618741/?format=json","text_counter":168,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Rarieda, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo","speaker":null,"content":"Shall I repeat?"}]}