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    "id": 1143951,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the positive things I will pick is the conformity with the Constitution on gender, the issue of disability that I think we spoke about on the earlier motion and the issue of regional balance but above that, it also seeks to enhance the issue of expertise. I think this responds to one of the issues that we were discussing in the earlier Motion on the appointment of a member to the SRC. Despite the fact that we know there are very many qualified women, they are not just appointed because they are qualified but because it is a constitutional requirement. There are some issues that I have a little bit of a concern with. For instance, Clause 3(2) says that the board shall be selected through conventional board resourcing procedures. What is conventional board resourcing procedures? I think this is a very lazy way of drafting. If you want, just indicate what those conventional processes are. You can say it is open and competitive. That is clearer because if it is open, we know that you are not using a closed method and if it is competitive we know that you are actually going to get people to apply and that there will be interviews. However, when you say conventional, that may be subject to misuse. Another thing that is of concern to me is something that I have said over and over again but there is no harm repeating because I see it is a practice that is done in each of our laws. Clause 3(2)(b) says one of the grounds for which a person can stop being a member is when the person has been absent from three consecutive meetings of the board without permission of the chairperson. This can be subject to misuse. It should be without notification of the board because what if I am sick and the chair of the board refuses to give me permission? Therefore, that means that I can be removed just simply because the board does not agree with me. The other issue that I also picked up is in relation to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). Other than establishing the board…"
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