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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "to work here in Nairobi City County. The only orange thing I can be associated with is that citrus, tennis ball looking fruit called an orange. Anything else is neither here nor there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I support the Second Reading of this Bill, this House is being gracious and benevolent enough to share the two slots that they were supposed to have; giving one to the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the other one to the Political Parties Liaison Committee. What I would want us not to do is to try to come up with a criterion of how these entities are supposed to elect their members. We cannot tell the inter-religious council how to elect. I believe it is a body that understands their mandate, the same way we are not telling the lawyers we need wakili wa mashamba or a constitutional lawyer. They know who to bring to this Panel. At the same time, we are thinking about the next election, not this one. I do not even understand what the majority and minority mean now because you do not know the next Government that is coming. All we need is men and women of integrity to be appointed to this Panel so that they can have a nice Commission that is not partisan. This amendment is bringing a multi-partisan Panel of people from different sides of the political divide. The politicians are in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), the workers of the nation are in the Public Service Commission (PSC), our faith is in the Inter-religious Council and the learned friends are in the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). When it comes to the political parties--- That is why without anticipating debate, I will not support the amendments that will be coming. This is because you cannot tell the Political Parties Liaison Committee to select the majority and minority parties there. What about the smallest parties; the"
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