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    "id": 1015718,
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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "I just want to speak about the Registrar. I must admit that I have not interacted with the other candidates. Regarding Ann Nderitu, the nominee for the position of Registrar, I must say that this is a lady that I find capable, competent and has the temperament to handle the responsibilities of that office. We will all agree that this office requires good emotional stability to be able to handle the many complaints that it receives from political parties, some of which are very weird. Sometimes you even find the owner of a party being removed from the party, like the case of the Third Way Alliance. There are all kinds of madness in our political parties. So, you require someone with stability to manage and listen to all the people with divergent views. For example, although I believe that the party leader of FORD-K is Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi, there are others who believe it is Sen. Moses Wetangula. So, you require Ann Nderitu to deal with all these uncertainties, and many others including people who claim that parties have made a decision without calling party organs to meet. So, this is not an easy job. I have interacted a lot with Ann Nderitu. Even apart from handling and managing political party disputes, she will also help them promote prudent financial management in terms of looking at their budget estimates. Those who have not been involved very closely in managing political party affairs may not have this information. I want to say here categorically that I think the President got the right person. In fact, I was wondering why this lady has been acting for far this long. Now that we have an opportunity to confirm her, I want to urge this House to approve this nomination so that the President can appoint her to run this office substantively. I also want to thank and congratulate the Committee, chaired by the great lawyer Hon. Muturi Kigano. You have also proved wrong those who have been imagining and saying that the National Assembly does not disagree with the Executive. I have no evidence in this Parliament, especially this 12th Parliament, to show that we are just an appendage of the Executive. Have we passed something from the Executive that is against public interest? If this Committee could reject a nomination by the President because the nominee does not have the basic qualification requirements, I want to say thank you very much and congratulations for that job well done. Finally, I want to agree with Hon. Otiende: Surely, if the qualification criteria is 10 years’ experience, how on earth would a candidate with only two years’ experience pass the shortlisting stage, leave alone the interview? You are not even supposed to have appeared at the interview. Hon. Speaker, with those remarks, I support the Motion."
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