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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamau",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 35,
        "legal_name": "Jamleck Irungu Kamau",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I just want to go directly to the recommendations of the Committee and if we can go there together, one of the recommendations talks about 37 names that were forwarded to the President, in contravention of the Act. That is correct, but for the three names that were supposed to be forwarded by the panel, it is the court that ruled. Once a court rules, hon. Members, the only person the President was supposed to appoint from all those is one. Whether they were three or seven, truly speaking it does not really have any difference but that as it may, I really do not want to belabour on so many of these. I want to go on the general observations of this Committee. Hon. Members can go with me there, that is, Page 27 of the Report and go straight to the general observation No.8. It states thus: “The Committee observed that the list did not meet the constitutional requirement of regional balance.” Hon. Deputy Speaker, all these people who were brought before the Committee, one of them comes from Coast Province, another from Eastern Province, another from Nyanza Province, another from Western Province, and another one from Central Province. Surely, is that not regional balance? What other form of regional balance are we looking for? So, these are the issues I am saying that the Committee apparently has issues about. I would like to urge the Committee to put all other considerations aside, whether politics or anything and withdraw this report. Let them bring before this House a report that is clear and which does not victimize people so that this House can move forward. Hon. Deputy Speaker, with that, I strongly oppose. 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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