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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As the Member for Kibra from the great Nairobi County that has 17 constituencies, I rise to support this list. I want to put it on record that the list is properly done. It reflects a gender balance among the six commissioners. The Chair is a person of integrity and experience as has been evidenced by other Members. I am excited because the list also represents people from different backgrounds of the country, including a younger person, somebody almost my age from Marsabit County. I was very delighted to see that younger people are getting in Government. I was really determined and hoping I would catch your eye today because for me education is important. When I looked at this it reminded me of a time in the 80s when we were constantly told someni vijana, mwisho wa kusoma mtapata kazi nzuri sana . Young people, please take your education seriously. At the end of your education, you shall reap rewarding opportunities. Looking at the qualifications of these people, it shows that they are people who have really paid attention to their education. I can see someone with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi. Hon. Speaker, I see somebody here with Doctor of Philosophy, Moi University, Master of Arts, Ukrainian, Kyiv University and another from Uppsala University. These are points worth mentioning because many young people in this country think that we are in the age where you can get shortcuts and second rate degrees. I tell our young people to pursue education to the highest level. One time the country shall call upon them and we will need them with their education and exposure to serve it. With those few remarks, I beg to support and pray that this House may note that recently we have been passing important appointments that must be passed by this House, but it seems that there is an endangered species of people, the marginalised Luo community whose Members are not being mentioned here anymore. I hope as people like Hon. Gichigi celebrate that the Jubilee Government is magnanimous in appointing people from the former Western Province, they start seeing that magnanimity when you start mentioning names of people like Okoth, Ochola, Ochieng‟ and Otieno so that we see that magnanimity. I know it is very good you have Rachel Omamo as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence, a very key portfolio, but I hope you mention even more. The records show, and we are a house of records that those names have not been coming here. It stopped at Rachel Omamo. Please, give us some more, Hon. Gichigi. Listen and consider. Otherwise, you are telling the young Luo people that as we urge young people to study, if you are a Luo your name betrays you and you will never be appointed, which causes fear. With those few remarks, I beg to support and I hope the commissioners will do a great job on 8th August to deliver for us credible, free and fair elections. God bless, thank you."
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