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    "id": 361066,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "But my concern is that after providing that information, and without passing a verdict based on those allegations, and on the subsequent clarifications from the nominee, the Committee then runs to page 66 and simply lists qualifications of the nominee. She is a holder of Bachelor of Commerce degree. She is from St. Mary’s University, Canada. She is an investments banker. A business advisory consultant for over--- She has never been charged in a court of law and so on. So, it runs to page 67 and drops a decision from the blue. As an hon. Member of this House, I have chaired a House Committee. I have presided over vetting. It is not true that this is the first time we are conducting vetting. The last Parliament, indeed, set the ground rules of vetting through the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitution Review that I had the privilege of co-chairing. We vetted nominees to all these commissions that you see today; the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the other constitutional commissions. Madam Sarah Serem was vetted by the Finance Committee, of which hon. Speaker, I had the privilege of not sitting in as a Member. Hon. Speaker, Sir, as the Chairman of the Justice Committee, I presided over the vetting of quite a number of persons for purposes of approval by this House, including the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. Therefore, I know that when you are undertaking an exercise as this, and because this report becomes a record of the House; one that could also serve as evidence in a court of law in the event of any judicial matter, you want to provide all the details that can help in decision-making. The Committee then suddenly gives us this verdict. I quote:-"
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