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    "id": 1015711,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, we had great sympathy for this young man because he is a person living with disability. Usually, we are required to bend over backwards, but we could not help noting that, of the nine nominees, he is also the one who came in last as number nine. Now, that coupled with the fact that the DCI was unable to clear him and that there were issues with his academic qualification… He had met certain representations, which I do not want to go into in details, but upon interrogation he did not appear to be in tandem with his curriculum vitae. Unfortunately, therefore, the Committee came to the conclusion that it could not recommend his approval. As I close, two things have to be said on this. One, it is unfortunate that the Public Service Commission overlooked such a basic statutory requirement and, therefore, mislead the President into recommending a name which we were unable to approve. We cannot go behind the statute. However, as we do this, I suggest that in future we should also ask the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity to table for us names cumulatively for all those who have been approved to the various commissions and constitutional bodies. Under Article 250 of the Constitution, it is required that the collectivity should reflect the regional and ethnic diversity of this country. As long as we keep looking at them one by one, we will not get that overall picture. We need that picture. With that, I second the Motion."
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