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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Committee and to commend them for a job well done, especially when a Committee has to reject a nominee brought through the whole process from advertising to the Head of State bringing the name here. I really want to congratulate them for that because this is not the first time we find a nominee does not fit the bill but eventually this House ends up approving. We may well be setting a wrong precedent. I really want to thank the Committee for standing firm and saying that there are issues and we should consider them, so that we are not seen as a Parliament that just rubber- stamps what comes to the House. Political parties obviously play a big role in terms of ensuring democratic processes take place and democracy is entrenched in this country. A critical institution to ensure that those political parties continue and are vibrant and not jokers is the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. It is an odd situation that since the restoration of multiparty and the passage of the Constitution and the Political Parties Act, 10 years down the line is when we are substantially filling that position. We must thank, first of all, all the officers who have served in an acting capacity. When you serve in an acting capacity, you work under threats. You could be relieved of your responsibilities any time because you have no security of tenure. But those officers have done their work diligently and have supported the growth of political parties for the last 10 years. It is a sign of the dedication that the individual officers have put in the work. And I want to thank the Committee, first of all for recognising the acting Registrar and recommending her to be confirmed as the substantive holder of the office. Never mind that she comes from Nyandarua. In fact, I only learnt the other day that she comes from Nyandarua. She has never acted in a manner that would reveal her origins. She has acted as an officer of longstanding experience. The other issue is to thank our reference bodies—DCI, EACC and KRA—for doing the work. One of the things that I want to share with this House is that I had the opportunity of meeting officers from the KRA, who paid me a courtesy call. One of the things they said is that they receive requests for certification a day or two before the Committee is sitting. Perhaps they would need a longer period to interrogate a number of these officers. So, I would like to urge that we have that in mind and give them adequate time so that they can interrogate and give us proper reports on all nominees. We shall be doing proper justice to the nominees, whether pro or anti the recommendation. Be that as it may, I want to thank the Committee for doing a good job. I want to congratulate those who will eventually be approved by this House and to ask that they should know that they have a bigger responsibility especially as we go towards the transition elections of 2022 to ensure growth of political parties."
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