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    "speaker_name": "Migori CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Pamela Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "Pamela Awuor Ochieng",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to add my voice to the Members who have gone ahead of me. I have just heard one of the Members shouting that she is a Ms. I think you can approach her. It is okay as the women support. However, whether she is a Miss or Mrs, what is making us happy as women is that we have found one of our own to establish the first database of this country. As we are all aware, most Kenyans are struggling right from birth. In the morning, we were discussing the concept of having devolved data collection centres especially for giving our children birth certificates. This is a very important commission that a woman has the first opportunity to lead. It is our hope that we are supporting in the strength that she is going to do a thorough job and ensure that we collect all our data right from birth to adulthood and wherever Kenyans are, the Government should place them. The question of data collection and protection is a fundamental one because when it comes to distributing resources in this country, it is sad that even up to this age, we are still talking about marginalised sections of this country. In most cases, the Government of Kenya does not have clear data of who is where. I think with a lady of this magnitude at the realm of this Commission, she should be keen enough to ensure that every Kenyan is not left behind whether small or big, persons with disability, whether male or female, and all of us are included in the database and our data is protected. Hon. Speaker, I thank the Committee that took their time to vet this lady. I am most impressed by the fact that they split the issue of constitutional crimes to the individual ability of this lady. So, I want to congratulate the Committee and Immaculate. I urge her that as we approve and allow her to take position, let her prove to Kenyans that she is capable of doing the right job and making every Kenyan count wherever they are. We want to know those who are alive, where they are, how many are youth, women, men, old and where they are, so that as we plan and discuss very important issues on how to support all the citizens of this country, we can make informed decisions based on data which is not hurriedly created. Data which has been there, proven and can be accessed anytime. It is my prayer that this House is going to approve this name and when our lady takes her position, all Kenyans will count by the end of the day and none will ever go missing from this database. With that, I support."
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