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    "id": 1461792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "House to decide who will be approved or not. However, we must take the Report of the Committee very seriously. The Committee did public participation and interviewed the nominees. They also looked at their curricula vitae, compliance documents, and physical appearance. I urge this House not to belittle the Report of the Committee. It is as important as the decision we will make here. We also looked into integrity and accountability issues thoroughly. There were allegations that were raised by certain Hon. Members. For instance, issues of corruption were raised against a nominee, Hon. Oparanya. We clarified that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) wrote to Parliament and said there were no charges against him. Based on that, we made a decision. He appeared before us and said if there was any iota of evidence on him regarding the allegations of corruption, he would resign even if he was appointed. Drugs issues were raised about Hon. Hassan Ali Joho. The former Minister for Internal Security and Provincial Administration, the late Hon. George Saitoti, came here and brought a Report against him. A week later, a Report was brought to Parliament clearing him. We looked into all those issues and cleared all those nominees. Issues of opulence, sideshows and arrogance were levelled against Hon. Murkomen. We looked at him. On that day, he came with a tie and a suit that did not look very expensive. Going forward, he should not put on another one. He should continue wearing the same one he wore when he appeared before the Committee."
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