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    "id": 1029986,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to support the appointment of Immaculate Kassait as Data Commissioner. She is well known to me. I have worked with her in a women’s movement before when she was working for the IED. I was with the League of Kenyan Women Voters. I would recommend Madam Immaculate Kassait for the position. For me, it is a very good opportunity. For the first time, there is a woman occupying a new office. That tells you that the President has a lot of confidence in this woman. I am sure she will perform. Ideally, this is a new Commission. She is the first occupant of the office. A lot of work awaits Madam Immaculate. When you look at her qualifications, she has quite a lot and wide experience having worked for both the IEBC and the IED, especially looking into issues of gender where we were working together. For me, this is an opportunity. I know this is not a new and easy job being the first job. I know Kenya really expects a lot from her first as a woman and I am confident that she is going to really support. We are in an era where what matters in this country for now is the issue of data collection and that of digitization of this data to ensure even as we move around in our Huduma Centres, a lot of these data and information… I am especially keen to see how she will digitise this data and especially ensuring that for the most marginalised people, namely, persons with disabilities, their information and data is well captured for future use. When this country is looking at a person who basically meets the greatest criteria that the Committee has suggested which is actually in Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya, which is basically the one that looks at leadership and integrity, then it shows she is qualified. Madam Njenge Kassait worked so well when I knew her and I have also seen her work around issues of voter education with the IEBC and I am confident she will produce the same zeal, determination and passion that she has worked with to raise the bar high especially the fact that she is the first occupant of this office. Therefore, Hon. Speaker, allow me to say that I support her appointment and thank the President for the opportunity to give her this job and I am confident that she is going to leave a legacy as the first Data Commissioner of Kenya and woman for that matter. If you look at the 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."
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