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    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me make a few comments about this Report on the nominee, Hon. Shadrack Mose, whom I know very well. He joined us in the last Parliament. I have got no doubt that he is a good lawyer. He was not known to be controversial, so his demeanour should help him steer this critical docket. But let me also say that Shadrack Mose is seeking to fill very big shoes. The person he is set to succeed, Mr Ken Ogeto, was a very competent jurist and administrator. I had the occasion to interact with him when I was chairing the Public Accounts Committee in the last Parliament, before which he used to appear as the Accounting Officer of the State Law Office. Ken was able to address issues efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner. I suppose that Shadrack will be able to carry along the work that Ken was doing in that important office. It also comes as a coincidence—I do not know whether it is a coincidence or by design—that both Hon. Mose and his predecessor come from the same region. I am not sure if what Hon. Okello was saying is true—that the Gusii community should see this as a reward. It is not. Shadrack is simply replacing one of their own, so there is no gain for the Gusii Community in this. There is no gain whatsoever for the Gusii Community. In fact, I feel for the Abagusii Community. They have got a very raw deal in this regime. Can you imagine that out of over 50 Principal Secretaries, the Abagusii have not got a single one? That has never happened in the independence history of this country. I am not just talking for the sake of it. That is a requirement of the Constitution. It is in the Constitution that as you make appointments, you put into consideration regional, ethnic and all other balances. Therefore, as we debate the nomination of Hon. Mose, we must feel for the Abagusii Community. This House has got the mandate—in fact the power—to right those kinds of wrongs. Such wrongs must be righted by this House. Otherwise if we let such wrongs take root, this country will go in the wrong direction to the detriment of all of us and future generations. I stand here not to oppose this proposed appointment. I cannot oppose it. It would be wrong for me to oppose it. I would be an accomplice to the injustice being meted on the Abagusii Community if I oppose this nomination. Therefore, I rest my case. Thank you."
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