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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F.I. Ali",
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        "legal_name": "Fatuma Ibrahim Ali",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the Motion. The Mover of this Motion has eloquently put the resumes of the two nominees. I know Dr. Abdullahi and I was impressed today that he is the champion of the Parliamentary Service Commission. He has a memory of this Commission and has lived with it. He knows the whole agitation for establishing and strengthening the Parliamentary Service Commission. Whoever nominated Dr. Abdullahi knew that he is an asset to the PSC. It was sad that these nominees were brought to this House and their names were returned. I urge the Members to seriously consider these great members who have been nominated to the PSC. One of them has a history in terms of the agitation and establishment of the PSC and ensuring that the Commission is working. He has been part of that history and has the memory of the whole movement. I strongly support. I know that hon. Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim Ali is a very capable, committed and focused. When you do not have the full house of the PSC, Members are challenged even in terms of securing quorum. Sometimes they are even forced not to go to their constituencies because there are pressing issues of the Members of Parliament. They cannot transact business because the full house is not there. These nominations have overstayed and we all appreciate the efforts of Dr. Abdullahi Ali in the establishment of the PSC. We need to fast-track these appointments, so that the two Commissioners are on board as soon as possible, so that the current Commissioners who have been overstretched by sitting long hours and foregoing visiting their constituencies and counties, get time to do that. I support the Motion. As hon. Wanga, a Commissioner of the PSC, has said, Mrs. Lonah, one of the nominees, seems to be extremely experienced and qualified. She will add value to the Commission. The whole purpose of bringing members of the public to the PSC is to bring external voices into the Commission. These are the external members and their voices have not been entrenched into the PSC deliberations and work. We need them because sometimes the citizens think that Parliamentarians are rewarding and pampering themselves, but when a civilian is part of the PSC, that can be demystified and Kenyans will understand the issues through the non-Members. It is important because one of the requirements of the PSC is to include non-sitting Members of Parliament in the PSC to bring new insights as opposed to the Members of Parliament who are only seen as agitating for their interests. These voices have not been catered for and we need to bring them in. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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