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    "id": 777493,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ekomwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Lomenen Ekomwa",
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    "content": "I have been looking keenly at this list and I want to thank the President for observing regional balance. Looking at the names from the first Motion, you realize that these are people from different counties and they are not the usual names which people always criticise. We have very good people from different counties, starting from Prof. Hamadi, Dr. Julius Muia and Nelson Marwa and on gender we have Mrs. Safina Kwekwe Tsungu. I am also preempting the others whose names will be here shortly, that is, Mr. Peter Kiplagat and Mr. Charles Hinga. I think the President made constitutional appointments because he observed regional and gender balance. I support this Motion because it is constitutionally right and, secondly, this is a lady who is qualified. Ladies have confirmed to the world that they are very competent. Those who have been serving in different cadres have proven to Kenyans that they are up to the task. That is why the Executive has really tried to give ladies opportunities to serve other Kenyans. Unlike before when people thought ladies cannot serve, we can see they have papers and brains just like men. I commend Ms. Safina Kwekwe and think she will take this opportunity to use her name to ensure that she eliminates all the ‘ kwekwes’ of gender disparity and ensure gender issues are taken into consideration. I cannot also forget to state the fact that Parliament has approved many individuals who are now working in big offices. What we are asking is that when we approve individuals such as Cabinet Secretaries, Commissioners and Principal Secretaries in this Parliament, we expect them in their respective offices to serve Kenyans equally and respect them and this Parliament. I have always compared what we do as Parliament with what the fundi called seremala does. We find him making a very good bed or house for the person who has contracted him but he does not have a good house or bed himself. This is what Parliament is also doing: we are giving people jobs and big responsibilities but we find some of these individuals do not respect this House. When we go to their offices they look at us like beggars yet, we are their employers."
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