{"id":816407,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/816407/?format=json","text_counter":352,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tharaka, DP","speaker_title":"Hon. George Gitonga","speaker":{"id":13491,"legal_name":"George Gitonga Murugara","slug":"george-gitonga-murugara"},"content":"It is, therefore, important for us to thank His Excellency the President for nominating these qualified persons. It is also important to thank him for nominating somebody who is deaf. It is a belief in the country that disability comes with inability. Far from the truth, as it has been explained, in the NLC sits a blind commissioner who has been doing a fantastic job. The gentleman, Washington Opiyo Sati, is deaf, but when we listened to him at the vetting and during cross-examination, we were satisfied that he would render the services the office of the ombudsman is supposed to render."}