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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh",
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. When names of persons are brought to this House for approval and we immediately start vilifying individuals and speaking in the way we are doing about one Barassa, whom I hear is the Chairperson of the CDF Board; it is unfair. I would like the Mover of this Motion to explain to us how the name of that lady found its way here, given that all the Members who have spoken have done so very negatively and said that she does not deserve the position because she was the Chairperson of CDF. Can we ask the Chairperson of PSC or whoever has moved this Motion, just to tell us how her name reached here? Do the PSC Members not have CDFs to know her conduct, so that we do not have to take this kind of discussion to the level we are taking it? Hon. Deputy Speaker, can I have your direction as to whether the Mover of the Motion can explain this? We have said many times that, by the time a name of a person comes to this House, due diligence should have been done. The PSC interviewed over 300 people. They have brought two names. From what we have heard so far, it is obvious that Members of this House are not comfortable with this name. I know this woman very well. She has a reputation to keep. Can the Mover tell us whether he is ready to withdraw her name rather than tarnish it? She is currently the Chairperson of CDF Board."
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