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    "id": 454237,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "When time came for me to look at the papers of Dr. Alawy, I was the first person to find fault with them. I realized that in the ranking, he had been put number six. In the order of ranking, Nyokabi was the best. Then there was Dr. Susan Mwongela, who was the second best, but I believe she could not be given the opportunity because of gender parity. So, they had to bring a man on board. Number three was Dr. Charles Owuor Olunga, who is from Siaya. We did not have an advance report showing why he was not given the job, but my guess was that, maybe, it was due to geographical reasons, or where he comes from. I am not a tribalist and I co-exist with many Kenyans. Numbers four and five were also fellow Kenyans, very qualified ladies, but they were either Meru or Kisii. So, for gender parity and comparison, they could not come in. Somebody skipped names and went to Number six and picked Dr. Alawy, who was my darling, but when he appeared before us, he did not meet our threshold. This is the man who wants to go and head the Gender and Equality Commission. We want the dying tribes to be rivived. When we asked him whether he knows of minor tribes called Nebus and Teso--- Even the Teso, who are almost the size of the Kisiis, he did not know where they live. Dr. Alawy appeared to know only America, Kwale and a bit of Egerton University where it is and whom he met there. We want a serious person who is going to represent the interests of this country in this serous Commission. I would advise that in future, before we even start juggling names--- I know this is not the President’s issue; he deals with many issues. Before you bring names here, stop this cheap ukora of inserting some names of your friends. I mean to refer to those who help the President run the country. The committees are awake. I have realized that through committees, when it comes to this serious business, they all become Kenyans and they reason very well. We are not shooting down the name of Dr. Alawy because he is a Muslim or because he is not a friend of any of us, we are shooting it down because he did not meet the threshold. I would advise those sitting outside there, busy interviewing people and taking names to the President, to take note from this that many of us are going to be very awake and make sure that Kenyans get the right people at the right time. I want to finish by taking this opportunity to congratulate the hardworking and focused teachers of Muhoroni, the District Education Board and myself for making Muhoroni No. 7 in the country and beating many giants in Kiambu, Murang’a and Kirinyaga. Those big names are now history. Thank you and I beg to support."
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