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    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, NCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": " Thank you. I will be very brief. First is to thank our Chairman—the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the Member of Tharaka, Hon. George Gitonga Murugara—for good stewardship of the Committee while considering and vetting the nominees. Two, Parliament would recall that while the Public Benefit Organisations Act was enacted in 2013, it was only operationalised recently in 2024. If my memory serves me right, this will be the first tribunal under the Public Benefit Organisations Act. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the chairperson and the membership to set the record straight, as they are the trendsetters. I am very pleased with the persons nominated to be chairperson and members. As senior counsel Otiende Amollo has said, they are highly qualified and have a good gender mix. For the first time, the number of women exceeds that of men in a tribunal. They are also well- balanced in generational equity. There are of age and the young. This is to provide diverse 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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