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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muchai",
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        "legal_name": "George Mukuru Muchai",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise effortlessly to second the Motion as tabled with regard to the appointments of Mr. Ali Noor Ismail and Mr. Patrick Omutia to the position of principal secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services and Ministry of Sports, Culture and Arts, respectively. In particular, I would like to note that those two distinguished Kenyans come from areas and communities that are classified as marginalized under the Constitution. Secondly, I would like to note that during the appearance of Mr. Noor Ismail before the Committee, he had suffered a big setback in terms of his son having been involved in a road accident and as such, his frame of mind at the time he appeared before the Committee was not as it ought to have been. Given the manner in which he addressed himself to the questions that were put before him, I wonder how good he could have been had he been in his normal state of mind. It is sad that immediately after appearing before the Committee and at the time we were considering the Report, his son passed on. On Mr. Patrick Omutia, I do not need to stress the issue further than the Chairperson has done. This is a person with whom I had the opportunity to work with as a board Member of the National Industrial Training Authority. He is the first Director- General of that Authority, which was established last year. He excelled in an interview that had attracted seven candidates. He was thoroughly interrogated, particularly, with respect to his integrity. Everything was done to ensure that the Authority gets the right candidate to that position."
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