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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this historic moment. I call it historic because it is the first time in the history of this country that Parliament is vetting and approving nominees for various positions of ambassadors and high commissioners to our commissions abroad. I have heard people talk about age, questioning the age of Prof. Sam Ongeri among others. But for those of us who served with Prof. Sam Ongeri in this Parliament and the late hon. Michuki, we will attest to the fact that age is just but a number. Actually, I remember the Ministers who were ever present in Parliament to answers questions asked by hon. Members; and answer them satisfactorily, were the late hon. Michuki and hon. Prof. Sam Ongeri. Therefore, when someone is qualified regardless of his/her age; he/she can still make a contribution to this country. Hon. Speaker, I happen to know a number of nominees - Prof. Sam Ongeri, hon. Makwere and hon. Githae. Actually, as a matter of fact, when hon. Githae was appointed to the Ministry of Finance, many of us had issues with him because he is a lawyer by profession. But I would like to tell you that, if there is any one Minister who has served this country effectively and efficiently in the Ministry of Finance, it is hon. Robinson Githae. Therefore, I do not have a problem with many of those nominees; including one Amb. Lazarus Ombayi Amayo and Prof. George Godia, who are very qualified. Hon. Speaker, my concerns are two; and that complicates it for me to support this list. First, since President Uhuru started making appointments; there is not even a single Suba who has been appointed. Some people are asking; derogatively whether there are Subas. I will tell you that Subas have two hon. Members of Parliament in this House. I want report that we have three hon. Members of the National Assembly and one in the Senate. All are Subas. In the last Government, one Suba served as Minister and another one, who is speaking right now, served as an assistant Minister. That is besides having a permanent secretary. Right now, there is no reason why we should have my friend hon. Githae, who I do not have a problem with, have Njenga Isaac; Dr. Stephen Ndung’u Karau; Amb. Jean Kamau and Amb. Solomon Karanja Maina. Hon. Speaker, one of those five positions should have been given to a Suba; instead of being given to one community. I want to assure the President that he has friends even among the Subas. In fact, the Chairman of all the 47 TNA chairmen of counties is coming from Suba and he is called Jack Otana. That is someone who stood against me on a TNA ticket. You know selling TNA in Suba is like selling bhang in a SDA Church."
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