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    "id": 345535,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this report. In opposing this report, I want to give different reasons. I do not agree with hon. Githae that we did a wrong thing by talking about balance. If you come from communities that have not been regarded in the past, that is the best thing we have done in the Constitution; for once, we can hear the names of communities that we never heard in this country, because the five dominant tribes have been taking up all jobs and leaving minority communities without any jobs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we provided in the National Cohesion and Integration Act that once you reach the 30 per cent mark, then leave chances for other communities. Yes, we do appreciate that the big communities have numbers, but the small communities must also be represented. So, once you reach the 30 per cent mark, please have regard for others. Kenya belongs to all tribes. It is not for only a few tribes. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, we have to live with the fact that there is ethnicity, gender, disability, age and diversity in this country. The sooner we realized this, the better for us. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately this is not the reason that I am talking about this report. If you look at the way they conducted the interviews, it was very easy for them to conform to the Constitution from a regional and gender perspective. But what this panel did was to turn a blind eye to all that. You find that there is a woman leading; absolutely for no reason, they leave her out on the basis of rumours. I want to talk of rumours because even in Parliament--- Even if they had a situation where somebody was saying that your name was before Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission, you must be given chance. Even the rule of law requires that you must be given a chance to defend yourself. You cannot just wake up one day and say that we are not giving Millie a position because she stole someone’s cow. Please, find out. There was a time when I was in Parliament and some auctioneers went to attach things in my house; it was just fortunate because I had tight security. When I came later to find out, they were"
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