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    "id": 10025,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kivuti",
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        "legal_name": "Lenny Maxwell Kivuti",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the main issue that our Committee was very concerned about was ethnicity which was very clear from the letter from the Head of Civil Service. With regard to candidate number one, Prof, Maria Nzomo, she is a Kikuyu and there are two other Kikuyus already in the same Commission. Therefore, she could not quality to sit in the same Commission due to ethnic balance. The second ranking candidate, Dr. Jane Akinyi Nduasi, was also dropped because she is a Luo. The consideration here was that the recent nominee to the Commission on Administrative Justice, Mr. Amollo, is also a Luo. The Committee also noted with concern that not only is Mr. Amollo also a Luo, but also Madam Jaoko, who also heads the Human Rights Commission is also a Luo. We decided to interview these candidates to know exactly what their ethnic backgrounds are. In her own evidence, Prof. Maria Nzomo told us that her mother is a Kikuyu called Millicent Wanjiru and her father is a Mkamba called Patrick Mutua Nzomo from Eastern Province. She was born in her father’s compound and that home has not moved. On top of that, she told us that she got married to a Mr. Charles Namikao Nzibo from Western Province. Our concern here was, what ethnicity is Madam Nzomo? We went ahead and listened to the second candidate after Maria Nzomo and her name is Dr. Jane Akinyi Nduasi, who told us that her father is Mr. Justus Mwasi from Kisa in Western Province, but he has since moved to Luoland. She has a mother called Margaret Kelao Nduasi. She does not mind being called a Luo because she has lived in Luo land since birth. Again, we asked ourselves, is Madam Nduasi a Luo or a Luhyia? We went to the number three ranked candidate, who was dropped apparently for regional balance reasons as given in the letter from the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the President. Madam Justice Retired Violet Mavisi Khadi told us that her father is Mr. Javan Mavisi, a Maragoli and her mother is a Tiriki. Her parents have moved from Maragoli and they are now living in Nandi. She is married to Dr. William Juma Okumu, a doctor at the Kenyatta National Hospital, who is a Samia from Bukiri area. They live in Nairobi. The same question arose again."
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