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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the report of the Committee and to congratulate the Committee for the good work it has done. They worked very hard under difficult circumstances to clear these names. I would also like to thank the panel for the work they did. I know there have been some reservations in terms of what has been going on, and in terms of the people, who were left out, but by the end of it all, we only had nine slots to fill and I believe they have done their best. Having said that, as a House, we are the appointing authority; it is important that we put our expectations to the people we are just appointing. We are coming from a crisis that was created by an electoral commission. I would like to ask the members who will be taking up these appointments – I am almost sure their appointment is imminent – to know that we will be watching very carefully. The first test of confidence in this Commission and its work will be how they review the issue of the boundaries, on which they will have four months in accordance with the law. If they do not build confidence at that point, then the elections in 2012 will be in doubt. So, they will have a big responsibility to demonstrate to us that they are up to the task, especially because of the lack of institutional memory and continuity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to mention here that we have had 100 nominations that have been laid before this House. If you work it out arithmetically on the 47 counties, every county should have had at least two people appointed. It is very important that even as we think of regions, to remember that the Government will have two levels, the national and the county level. The reference point should, at any one time, be the county. It is not proper to ignore that fact, which is in the Constitution; if you want to unite Kenya, every county must see their person serving. If we do not do that, we are going to mess ourselves up. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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