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    "id": 1073374,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1073374/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support the nomination of Lady Justice Martha Koome, especially given that she is the first woman to be given that position. It is a tragedy that, at this age and time, we are still talking of a “first woman this and that”. That is something that we should have left almost 30 years ago. I hope that this development will not hound the Deputy Chief Justice out of office because she is a woman. In this country, there are very many men holding multiple positions. Nobody has hounded them out of office because they are men. Let us have the Lady Chief Justice and the Lady Deputy Chief Justice. Let us not hound the other woman out of office. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know many people are speaking about Lady Justice Martha Koome from what they have heard or seen in the media. I know her personally. I first met her on 8th March 1997, on International Womens’ Day, when she interviewed me for the position of Legal Counsel for FIDA. They gave me a flower thereafter and I got the job. When the time came for me to leave that office, she actually persuaded me to stay. She even increased my salary so that I do not leave. Unfortunately, my time had come and I had to leave. 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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