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    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you. Hon. Farah, the operative word is “wives”. The wives are watching, not the wife. However, he observed it and let him just tell us something about it. This young lady has worked right from her days after university with the Lamu County. She has been a ward administrator, and she has risen all the way. Today, she is the Chief Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance in that county. When we evaluated her, she met all the parameters that were required. First, she is a youth. The youth of the Republic of Kenya are taken care of. They should not complain again that we, the elderly ladies and gentlemen, are avoiding them when it comes to matters as important as this one. Secondly, she is a lady. Of course, she cannot be anything else. The ladies have produced a youth who will represent the youth, both men and women. And this is extremely important. Thirdly, she is from a small community. Although a Bajuni, she is Shela, which is a small community in Lamu, not very developed and marginalised to some extent. She has been able to rise to that important position. Fourth, on her education, she holds a degree from Kenyatta University. She has worked in senior positions and demonstrated she is able to deliver. Our question was this: Can she stand up and defend the IEBC when it is under attack, especially by the youth? She demonstrated that she will be speaking directly to the youth on matters IEBC. When there is an issue, when they are questioned, or questions to be answered, she will be speaking to the youths directly so that they can hear her and understand her. We looked at every one of them. We were satisfied that they suited the nominations given to them, and we did not again hesitate to approve all of them. With those remarks, Hon. Speaker, allow me to move and then request the Senior Counsel in the House, with the permission from my Vice-Chair who is here, to second. These days, you know we are in broad-based and we have to be broad-based everywhere with my Vice-Chairman who is here and is listening attentively. The Senior Counsel is none other than Hon. Otiende Amollo, the Member of Parliament for Rarienda, who sat throughout, listened to these people writing the reports and everything else. With the permission of the Speaker, Senior Counsel, kindly second."
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