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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Keter",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. Let me start by thanking His Excellency the President for bringing to this House for consideration three very able persons led by the proposed Chair, Hon. Florence Kajuju, who is known to many of us. She served in this House in the last Parliament not just as an ordinary Member but as the Chair of the Regional Integration Committee. This is a role she played very well with a lot of humility and ability. More importantly, she also served in the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. Having listened to the Chair and those of us who know Hon. Kajuju, there is no doubt that she is really able to serve as the chair of this Commission. It is also very nice that we now have a woman who will be serving in this Commission that goes to support and hear the voices of Kenyans who have not been heard in other offices. I also want to say that she is very committed to matters human rights, matters women and the rights of women. So, I have no doubt that she will serve very well as the Chair of this very important Commission. We also have Mr. Opiyo Washington who comes from Kisumu. He is deaf. I think that is a very good move by the President because he is telling us that, indeed, he continues to be very committed to matters and persons with disability. He continues to prove to this county that disability is not inability. He is appointing persons with disability into big offices to prove that they can also serve and do it very well. We have seen the work of a Principal Secretary (PS) who has done very well despite her disability. She continues to serve this nation very well. We continue to see many others, even honourable members of this House who have been nominated. I am extremely impressed by his credentials having done a Diploma in Community Development at the University of Nairobi. Thereafter, he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Strategy in the same university in 2011 and in 2014 a Master’s Degree in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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