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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, Sir, let me conclude by touching on the issue of ethnic balancing. The President, Executive and Parliament are required by law - through the Constitution - to make sure that the appointments that we make in this country reflect ethnic and regional balance. We cannot run away from that. Even if this appointment has come from wherever, as a House, we are under obligation to follow the law. If we pass the name, violating some of the provisions of the Constitution, we are as guilty as the people who have made the proposal. So, let us not run away from this because I heard hon. Amina Abdalla, who is a very good friend of mine, say that the Committee has no capacity to balance regionalism. That is why vetting goes through this Parliament. Parliament is the National Assembly. This is not the Senate. The National Assembly represents the people of Kenya. Article 96 talks about the Senate which represents regions. Ours is to represent the people of Kenya in totality and, therefore, we need to be looking across the country and having what we call gender balance, ethnic balance, regional balance and every other requirement including minority interests and disability. We need to factor them in the public appointments and that is why the appointments come to Parliament. So, in the event that we feel that the State Law Office is going to be overstaffed by people from one ethnic community, we have the right to say no. In my view, this House would do His Excellency--- In fact, we passed all his appointments. I think for this one, this House needs to show displeasure by rejecting this appointment and asking the President to look outside the box and look at other ethnic communities. When will a Suba get appointed in this Government really?"
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