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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I wish to state that I support. I thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for bringing that amendment. I am very glad that finally, it had to take the court’s ruling for us to take us this direction. I always bring amendments on this issue from a governance perspective. This is because one of the things I do in this House is to mainstream cross-cutting issues of governance, human rights, rule of law, gender, and issues of inclusion. One of the things that I always include is exactly the word that he says—“competitively”. Competitiveness conforms to governance standards. The other one that I hope he can use more frequently is “open” and “competitive”. The word I was looking for is “co-opting”. People also co-opt. Co-option in a body that is independent or passed by Parliament brings people through the back door. Hiring consultants for a short time is the only way to make sure that is done properly. That is acceptable in governance standards. I wish my Leader of the Majority Party was here to listen, because sometimes when you bring an amendment to say competitive or open, people think. People wonder why I bring amendments just to add “competitive” or “open”. Why are you bringing an amendment on two useless words? However, “open” and “competitive” are very powerful words in governance. I support."
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