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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ghatti",
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "Thank you very much hon. Speaker. I am the County Member of Parliament for the County of Migori. I wish to take this platform to say that what transpired in Migori is unfortunate. I want to ask county leaders from my county to seriously re-look at the root causes of some of the things happening in our county. It is not about anything, but about us leaders sitting down to seriously address the issues that affect our county. Our young people need jobs; they do not need to throw stones and shoes. It is for that reason that, on behalf of my county, I wish to take this opportunity to say that it was an unfortunate event. Hon. Speaker, I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. I rise to support this list. I support the nominees. I am one person who is on record as having mentioned that, for once, in this Government, we have seen young people being given an opportunity to represent this country. Although I had an issue with, especially, diplomatic experience of some of those nominees, I was nevertheless impressed. I want to single out Ms. Jelimo who has been proposed to go to Canada. That lady walked into the room and the confidence and knowledge she exuded threw me off. When she walked into the room, I thought, perhaps, she is a young lady from a background that is not very diplomatic. I was very much impressed. I was equally impressed by Mr. Magut who has been proposed to go to Berlin. Dr. Karau is going to Switzerland and it is on issues to do with health. He is going there at a time when this country really needs to address the issues of health and, more so, the issue of HIV/AIDS which is affecting this country. He has a lot of experience and he is going to create networks and linkages for the benefit of this country. I also took special cognizance of Mrs. Rukia Subow. I looked at her experience and how she has risen through the ranks. It took me back to thinking that if a pastoralist woman, for the first time, can actually get a position to represent this country then there is hope for other communities like mine. I represent Migori County. I am from Kuria East Constituency. I raised an issue in our Committee that when we talk of regional balance, it is not enough to say that three or four positions have been given to Nyanza Province. Remember that Nyanza as a region has three distinct communities living there. We have the Luo Nyanza, the Kisii Nyanza and the Kuria Nyanza."
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