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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Motion because the person we are talking about has a vast experience and is a person with a distinguished career path. He has been nominated for appointment to serve in a war-torn country. Considering his background, this is a place for him. He is retired and old. Ideally, he should be at home. However, the fact that he is retired does not mean that he is tired and, therefore, cannot be engaged in any Governmental task. I believe that he is going to play a critical role as a person who knows the job well. As a place that is infested with conflict, we need resolutions and dialogue. The two countries should work together as a team. He is the one who is vested with that responsibility. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me conclude by urging that, as Parliament, we need to take stock of the people we have vetted for the President to appoint. There is a lot of unfairness. We are not balancing the people we vet. The President is given one or two names. I recall that when we were vetting Commissioners in the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, we had a list of those who appeared for the interview. They were ranked according to their performance in the interview. It was so disheartening that in terms of gender, we had to balance and get somebody who was number 21 in the list, to be appointed. The person who was number 3 had to be sacrificed. The one who was listed as number 3 was a professor from Siaya, who should have been a Commissioner in the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). I expected that, having lost such a chance because of gender balance, which is okay to me; the person who was dropped then would be considered in the next appointment. That is my feeling. We lose men when we consider gender balance. Some of them are highly educated and important and we should not lose them. The Siaya case is one of the cases that I lament about because that is where I come from. When people from that area lose appointment chances, then what am I representing here? I must fight for them. I believe that in the next appointment, the President should consider people from Siaya, whether they are women or men. This is the third time Siaya County has lost an appointment opportunity. In this case, there was no person from Siaya County. So, I cannot cry. However, in future, people from marginalised areas should be considered for appointment, especially those from counties where no high profile appointment has been made since President Uhuru took over the reign of this country. The President should do that in the next appointment. Thank you very much."
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