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    "id": 773812,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Serem",
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        "legal_name": "Cornelly Serem",
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    "content": "girl who grew up knowing that as a girl you could not easily get a chance to develop. It is because in those times, the society so much discussed issues of men more than women. As I stand here today, Farida Karoney joins the list of the few Nandi women who have succeeded in life by getting to the level she is today. Dr. Sally Kosgey, at one point served this country as a PS and also as a Minister for Agriculture. I can say today that Farida is in that league. I support the entire list knowing that some of the nominees are former governors. One of them was a Senator. Quite a number of them were civil servants. As I support the same, I also want to challenge the Government that in future let us not lay emphasis on the number of years one has served elsewhere. If we insist on one having served for, say, 30 years what will the young graduate out there without a job, say? They will continue to wonder why we keep on discussing about the youth, but appoint older men and women to positions in Government. At the same time, we are not condemning anybody who has academic papers. If Rashid, a nominee for the slot of sports, has no academic papers or degree, we are not saying it is wrong for him not to serve as a Cabinet Secretary. We are not also saying that it is wrong for anyone to have papers. I am just advising the nominee that if he gets a chance he should go to class in the evening. It is not a mistake not to have academic papers, but it is also good for you to get some academic papers in your free time. As I sit down, let me wish all the nominees a good time as they begin the journey of transforming this country. I want to mention something on a few nominees. We know Tobiko. He has done a good job for this country as Director of Public Prosecutions. We know his job did not entail praises; there were challenges he faced every single day. His job entailed attacking people’s lives, but all the same it was his job. If some few people have reservations about what he did, let them know that he had no choice. He had a duty to do. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I support the list."
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