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    "id": 1147840,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, please let me draw your attention to the fact that as we are debating today, people are watching and hearing each one of us make their contributions. This House has some respect; it makes laws and we must live by the law. This is not a personal issue as I do not know who this John Ogallo is. Most of us do not know him, but the fact that there is an integrity question on him, I ask this House, as the previous speakers have said, to reject the Report. We have too many Kenyans who are qualified, therefore, let us get someone else by re-advertising. It is not fair for us to approve someone with such a questionable integrity issue. By the way, they are getting appointed to the EACC of Kenya. Hon. Speaker, I think because none of us knows this gentleman and the name does not suggest anything, all we are saying is that he does not qualify. We cannot go back and forth. I want us to agree, suspend this particular application and since it is not the end of the world, let it be re-advertised. We have many Kenyans who have gone to school. There are those in America who do not even know anything about Kenya; I can confirm that because I have been to America about four times. I even did my training in Rochester when I became the regional sales and marketing manager for Kodak. I met Kenyans who have no idea about Kenya. It is not right bringing such a person back to EACC, 25 years later. We have 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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