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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I also rise to support this particular Motion. I have had a look at this list and also the competencies listed in the Report and I believe that the Committee did a good job. I did not know that Members of Parliament can do a good job when it comes to recruitment as a Committee charged with the responsibility of recruitment. Our Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has done a good job. I am happy about the regional balancing; 14 counties out of the 47 counties in a tricky situation is a good mix. I have looked at the academic qualifications as well as the experience of the persons whose names have been shortlisted here. Gender parity is also dealt with competently here. I have faith that the Committee represented us well in this issue. I do not want to delve into what others have covered. However, this is a very important Committee especially in the current times. We need to ensure that this debate is concluded quickly and urge our President to put in place this Commission. Any moment you go to the social media and scroll down the messages being posted by users, be it on Twitter or Face Book, you will find that out of ten people, at least, one or two people actually release what can be called hate speech. They try to create a divide between the communities of this particular country. The stereotyping that we are seeing there can only lead to serious problems in this country. I am happy when I see people of the caliber of the former Speaker of this House. Also, when I look at the first person in this particular list, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, I am happy because this is a person who can bring institutional memory to this particular Commission that is being created. We do not want a situation where we have a completely new team that will make the mistakes that the earlier Commission committed. Alice Wairimu has skills in social contracts where communities meet and agree on sharing resources like water. Through such skills we see communities, for example, the Kisiis and the Kipsigis who for a long time have been squabblilng, in fact, fighting, now coming together. We want people who can bring to the discussion table the MRC at the Coast Province. We require people with those skills. When I hear my colleagues lament that some of the names that have been suggested here belong to people who are married elsewhere, I am worried. Are we actually telling our children that they should only marry from their own communities? Should our girls get married only to their communities in order for them to attain leadership positions in this country? Is it right to come to this House to condemn somebody because they have gone to marry from another community? It is completely wrong! It is easy to talk about others, but what about the male Members of this House? Have we all married from our own communities? Do you want us to be condemned because, say, you have married from a constituency that is not yours? I think this is something that we should look into. We need to frown upon condemning people who get married or marry from other areas. 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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