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    "id": 685008,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/685008/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the Chair of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee has given the constitutional interpretation. The Constitution talks about parameters. When you are making appointments, you must consider gender, regional diversity, youth and people with disability. Institutions like the Institute of Engineers of Kenya, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya have been given slots. Let the Cabinet Secretary (CS) be given the discretion to appoint a young man who is a lawyer or a Kenyan of the female gender who is an engineer. However, when you give an organisation a chance to micro-manage, then what is the essence of us having board members? We must not ring-fence positions for public appointments outside what the Constitution anticipates. If the CS feels that he can appoint Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo, who is the Member for Rarieda, he should appoint him. Why should the Institute of Engineers of Kenya come and present a list? So, I support and hope that the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing will create another further amendment. Finally, the amendment by Hon. T.J. Kajwang’, which brought chaos, is not the one that has been passed."
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