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"speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support this. First, I appreciate the work that the Committee you chaired has done. But I want to make one point regarding that. It is good for us to get these reports early. The last time we got the report, the process was ongoing. It is the same case today. It is important for Hon. Members to get an opportunity to read the report. When we are vetting, we must be aware that the public is also vetting us, and they read these reports. Sometimes, they wonder if we are making comments that do not relate to the report. Despite that, your team did a good job, and you enjoyed vetting competent professionals. I looked at the report on Ms. Asukul. She has done community work. Being a County Executive Committee Member in charge of water, irrigation, and land reclamation in the area she comes from is a big achievement. I interacted with her during my work at ODM. As you know, ODM is a big, complex party, and for her to have worked so well is real competence. My advice to her is that when she goes to the East African community, she needs to create a community that we belong to and not countries that are bickering at each other. I wish to have a community like the one you and I knew as children. We knew we belonged to one community. Ms. Oduor is exemplary. She should have been the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions long ago. Look at the international work she has done. The Harare Mutual Legal Assistance Scheme, evaluation..."
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