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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": "Human Rights and Governance. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy at the Maseno University. How more inspiring can it be to see a person who is deaf who has gone this far and who the President has recognised? I really appreciate that and support Mr. Opiyo. Of course, we have the third person, Madam Lucy Ndung’u, who is known to all politicians in this country. She is a lady who is as tough as steel. She served with all manner of politicians. Many times, we took to her very difficult situations that she handled very well. I truly support Madam Lucy Ndung’u. I think she deserves to be a commissioner. She deserves to serve in another capacity. I have no doubt that if she could manage that office of politicians, she can do very well in this Commission. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to just say two things. I do not know whether Hon. Members understand how important our benchmarking trips are. I am lucky and privileged to have been in the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee that was then chaired by the former Member of Parliament for Kabete, Hon. Paul Muite. We went to the Scandinavian countries to find out how the Ombudsman works. We were led by Hon. Marende. I was with Hon. Cheboi and the late Hon. Mirugi Kariuki. It is the report from that Committee that established the first Ombudsman Office in this country, which later became the Commission on Administrative Justice in the Constitution. It is important that we do not forget history. We should know that when the benchmarking that Members do is taken seriously, it can result into good things for this country. Therefore, I hope that this Commission will go the extra mile from where Hon. Otiende Amollo left and make it better known. We need to facilitate them with enough resources to get to the citizenry because not many Kenyans really understand the role of this Commission. The citizens should know that they have an office where they can raise their complaints when no one else is listening. We can know the efforts they are making and what they are able to achieve through that office. With those many remarks, I support the Motion."
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