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    "id": 60809,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to mention about the various actions of state officers in this country. Even where the Constitution is not clear, it mandates, and puts a responsibility on us as leaders, to interpret it in a manner that will promote its purposes, values and principles. So, in cases where it is not very clear to us, we should bear in mind that the Constitution has set a threshold for us as a country. Therefore, when we go ahead to make appointments, it is not business as usual. Impunity has no place in this country anymore. Even when we make appointments, as a country we have just done with the Governor of the Central Bank--- He could be a very qualified Kenyan, but the Constitution requires that we open all public offices to competitiveness. This is not negotiable. We need to encourage competitiveness and a culture where we do not discriminate against any Kenyan. We need to open up public offices for competition. That is why some of us even feel that, even though the Interim Independent Electoral Commission has done a good job, other Kenyans need to be given an opportunity to be involved in the next course; they should also have equal opportunity to compete fairly with others."
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