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    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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    "content": " I thank Hon. Ruweida from Lamu East. I appreciate that she is a very strong lady. In the last Parliament, she came in as a Woman Representative, and then went to vie in a single constituency and won. We appreciate the work that she has done. I know that from the last Parliament, she really advocated for matters, issues, and resources for Lamu, not only as a Lamu East, but also for the whole county. I want to appreciate my dear sister for the good work that she is doing. This is a House of Parliament; a House of records. Whenever we sit, we write records as per the law. That is what we followed. On the aspect of IEBC, maybe, Madam Ruweida, you did not understand it clearly. When you are invited as a nominee for a certain position… Today, the Speaker did allude to the fact that there are three nominees. There is also a questionnaire that you are supposed to write and submit before the Committee. It is on the basis of that questionnaire that the questions you were supposed to avail to a committee are asked. Hon. Ruweida, I want to tell you that when Madam Omar came, she brought a questionnaire that she had presented to the IEBC, but now as the document to be presented before the Committee. We were very lenient, and we told her, maybe, she had forgotten to attach the right documents. She said that those were the right documents. She asked us: ‘‘Does it mean when you are given a passport to go to Uganda, you cannot use the same passport to go to Tanzania?’’ We asked her what she meant. She said that she had brought what she presented to IEBC in May 2022. But we told her that the President had not nominated her in May 2022. These are some of the salient issues that we kept quiet over and above now. We understand that she has her papers, but are they related to this? I also agree with Hon. Elachi on preparing for these interviews. For instance, I am invited as David Gikaria, and I appear before the Committee in a t-shirt and shorts. How will the Committee gauge you when you present yourself like that? Though not within the law, those are some of the issues on presentation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, when you are asked a question, how do you say: ‘‘What sort of a question is that?’’ Why are you asking a Member of Parliament such questions in a committee? And the next question you are asked, you tell the Member: ‘‘Thank you for asking me a reasonable question’’. How do you carry a Committee of Parliament in that line? I actually tried with my Committee Members to bring her back in line. It was unfortunate. We agree that a Bajuni ought to be given an opportunity. And this position remains for the marginalized. Somebody has requested the President to bring a name of another lady from the marginalized communities so that they can be vetted. I totally agree with you, Hon. Elachi, 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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