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    "id": 289446,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, I want to address the issue that hon. Bonny Khalwale addressed with regard to fairness and competitiveness. In terms of fairness, I remember that this exercise started by placing adverts in the media, inviting applications from members of the public. In the advertisement, it was indicated specifically that if you want to represent the ODM side of the Grand Coalition, you must apply, indicating so. So, interested parties were required to apply, specifying which political parties they wanted to represent. That is openness. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a number of Kenyans applied. Sixty-five people applied to represent the ODM and 47 or so other people applied to represent the PNU, being a junior party in terms of numbers. After the applications were received, the process started. The Clerk’s Office did the short-listing and forwarded the names to the various political parties. My political party, ODM, carried out a thorough short-listing. We constituted a panel. After that, the ODM Parliamentary Group was summoned on Thursday, last week, at 6.00 p.m. We sat and we were given nine names, in accordance with the law. Therefore, as expected, hon. Bonny Khalwale cannot know the process that the ODM used, in terms of competitiveness. Unless he is getting information from the renegade and rebel Members of the ODM, who do not attend the party’s meeting---"
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