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    "id": 748781,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was commending the Committee for the good work it has done. The Committee went through the documents provided by various nominees and vetted them thoroughly. It referred them to the IEBC and the respective political parties just to ensure that they met all the requirements. I am also happy that the Committee considered Article 50 of the Treaty, especially with regard to the requirement that different political shades of opinion need to be taken care of. It did some good calculations. I believe it had some good mathematicians because it gave Jubilee Coalition five slots and CORD four slots. It was unfortunate that the independent candidates could only get zero slots. However, that is what they are entitled to. I believe that was very fair. I am also happy to see that the issues of gender are well addressed looking at the list of nominees. What I am not very sure about is the issue of special interests. Are the youth well represented according to this list? Are the people with disability well represented? I have not seen a name of a person with disability on the list. I am not sure about that. I am happy that, at least, from Bomet County we have one youth by the name Stacy Chepkemoi. I believe that is one person we need to push through because she has been aggressive in ensuring that the rights of the youth are well taken care of. She was elected the Youth President in Bomet county. She was unfortunate to lose in the just concluded Jubilee nominations where she was running for the senatorial seat. I am also disappointed a bit with CORD. It gave us a list of exactly four names thus giving us no room to elect and practice our democratic right which we are entitled to. Of course, CORD is taking advantage of the provisions in the Treaty. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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