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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "he was able to re-settle the persons and peace was restored. There was an objection to his relationship with a Member of Parliament, but we will not discuss that much apart from that he is a brother-in law to the Member of Parliament. Anything else was not material in the objection because as we have said, he is a senior citizen. In fact, his response was that he was where he is even before that Member of Parliament was born, so it is coincidental that one of them is married to the sister of the other, which does not affect anything. It does not impair his way of delivering results when it comes to working for the IEBC. With those reasons, we were convinced that his relationship to the Member of Parliament was not material to the way he was going to discharge his duties. Number six was Mr Francis Odhiambo Aduol, a gentleman who has worked in the universities ever since time immemorial with an advanced age which we also felt was extremely useful for the Commission. Number one, he has great experience in quantity surveying, Geospatial Engineering and many other matters he brought before us. He struck the nation, because they were listening to him, as a person who is highly knowledgeable in matters relating to the earth and the way you can sub-divide the earth. All of you are looking forward to having constituencies delimited and here is one person who can match the size of the constituency with the number of persons, so that we can arrive at a fair and just decision. Therefore, Mr Francis Aduol is suitable to be a member when it comes to what Kenyans expect, which is fair representation based on constituencies. We did not hesitate to approve Mr Francis Odhiambo Aduol to become a member of the IEBC. Finally, there was a young lady who came from a place called Shela in Lamu. She is young, 32 years old, and the first impression she created was that of a youth. Therefore, the youths who have been extremely agitated, anxious, and have been complaining that they do not get involved in such important matters like electoral matters, the IEBC and many more, now have one of their own in this particular Commission. Ms Fahima represents the youth. Thank you."
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