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    "id": 1134560,
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    "type": "speech",
    "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": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to support approval of these nominees to the National Gender and Equality Commission. I have only two comments to make. One, the fact that a minority, in the manner that Hon. Sankok has described, can find her way into a commission as important as this demonstrates that the spirit of inclusivity that we have been talking about has started to gain ground. She is not just a member of a minority community, but she is also of a marginalised gender. How I wish that this is pushed further. We should continue to see more of such nominations being presented to the House so that Kenyans can see that we are all entitled to this appointment and if you qualify, you will be appointed to such positions. Two, I know Mr. Koyier personally. I know he is someone who can perform and deliver. He has the qualifications, the integrity and the ability to do this job. There is just one thing that I would like to comment about. This is with regard to our work as a House in approving such nominations. I think we need to ask ourselves: What is the role of the National Assembly in such approvals? Are we part of the interviewing panel or are we just supposed to approve nominees based on parameters provided for in the Constitution? I say this because when a nominee with a master’s degree and is undertaking a PhD appears before a Committee, he is asked to go and look for his certificate of primary education. I think it does not make sense. There is an extent to which we can get with these requirements. Asking for my KCPE certificate today - although I have it - does not make sense. Asking someone who is 65 years old for his primary certificate does not make sense."
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