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    "id": 1123198,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruaraka, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. T.J. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": " I delegated that responsibility. This is the only Committee that has understood that we are all competent. Therefore, we delegate functions to all Members because we are all equal. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee should be congratulated for processing these nominees within a day because we were able to hold the hearings and make up our minds in the Committee. Committees charged with selection after hearing from the people who appear before them should make up their minds on the spot, even before a report is written, whether or not a person passes the suitability test. This is what happened and the Report, of course, follows as a matter of fact from the secretariat. This lady and gentleman appeared before us and convinced us. Of course, there are Members who had issues, and very rightly so, because their ethnic composition seemed to be worrying. There are parts of this country that seems to draw more people in some of these commissions than others. This is very reasonable, but we have left it to the Floor to debate. This is because the question about origins and functionality of people is really a very wild card. I also agree that we cannot have people drawn from the shores of the lake, the heights of the mountains or the depths of the rift all the time and think that we are in one Kenya. I am sure there must be a Pokomo somewhere who can also be entitled to do some of these things that people are called upon to do, but as a matter of suitability under Section 7 of the Act, these people qualify and are suitable for the work they have been called for. So, I support the Report that these nominees should be approved. Members should ventilate and say something, especially about the ethnic composition of people serving in public offices. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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