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    "id": 538146,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "it is expected that Kenyans will look at them and see people who will actually represent them in the JSC. Looking at this gentleman called Kipng‘etich and the lady called Winfred Guchu, I ask myself whether if the people of Kenya were given a choice and we had representation in, say a college, to pick two people in this country to represent them, these two people would be picked by the people of Kenya. I am confident that the people of Kenya, through their representatives, would not do so. Therefore, I urge my colleagues in this House that, as the representatives of the people of Kenya, we should speak loudly and clearly to the President and remind him that on Thursday he was here. He spoke to us and talked about national cohesion and national unity. He even apologised to the people of Kenya for the historical injustices that they have gone through over the years. One of the historical injustices is skewed appointments, where some communities feel excluded, and feel like they are outsiders in this country. It does not make any difference if you talk about Nyanza being represented. Those are some of historical injustices; if at all the people of Nyanza are over-represented in whatever Commissions--- Even then, we are not talking about regions. We are talking about communities. I want to restrain myself from mentioning the communities by names, because Kenyans know them. It would really be un-parliamentary to target two communities and mention them by name, especially after going through what we went through in late 2007 and early 2008. Hon. Deputy Temporary Speaker, if the President is serious that he wants to unite this country, all the appointments he makes must be seen to be reflective of the face of this country. We cannot sit here as a House and continue approving appointment of names that are clearly from two ethnic communities. We know where the President and the Deputy President come from. This is polarizing this country. That is why I am happy with the Member of Parliament for Makadara. That is why he is representing a cosmopolitan constituency."
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