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    "id": 75361,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion before the House. There has been an objection raised by hon. Balala. I want to inform hon. Balala that this was a unanimous decision of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. All the Members of the Committee are very qualified, well educated and aware of what was required. There was no bias as is being suggested. It is sad that among all the very capable Kenyans---. Unfortunately, Mrs. Amina Ahmed did not make the mark. She may have 22 years of experience in banking and everything else, but on the day when we were interviewing her, she was not able to make the mark. She was not able to convince us and we needed her to convince us. We want to get away from the previous trend of just endorsing and rubber-stamping. The new Constitution has asked us to vet and that is what we did. We felt that since we were looking for the best among the people, she was not able to meet the mark. Unfortunately for her, she even told us that she joined NARC- Kenya just the night before. So, if she was being vetted by NARC-Kenya and she joined it the night before, we were a little confused. But we put that aside and gave her an opportunity to tell us what she felt the Commission was expected to do. As such, I want to advise hon. Balala to take the word of the committee for the truth that it is. He should give us the due respect because we did our job the best we could."
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