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    "id": 816420,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/816420/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Otherwise, known as gesa gesa or Hon. Millie Mabona. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I fully support the nomination of the three adults to this Commission on Administration of Justice. This is a Commission which is equivalent to the people’s watchman. I would equate it to IPOA that checks on police behaviour, or the Advocates Complaints Commission (ACC). These are bodies put to support the public where there is misbehaviour by Government bodies. That is why I call it the people’s watchman. I had occasion to work very shortly at the ACC. I want to agree with the Member who spoke just before me. If you look at what was intended by bodies like the Ombudsman and equate it with the Swedish one, it should be one of the most powerful bodies, especially when it is a public defender. It is the defender of the public good. I thank Hon. Otiende Amollo, who served there before he joined Parliament. He did an excellent job even though he did not get all the support he needed, because it was a new body. I am sure we are going to adopt this Report. I hope as Hon. Kajuju goes there, they will give it the oomph that it needs so that the public can have confidence in service delivery. For instance, when somebody asks for a bribe, I know the EACC is there, but the office of the Ombudsman is also a watchman that would still oversee and look at issues that they can redress, where people in the public service misuse their powers. I am happy that Parliament also takes note that it is very rare to have the one-third principle favourable to women. We always talk about gender, but when we dissect the gender to men and women, it always favours the male gender. This is one of the few instances where the gender supports women. Even though we tend to think that gender is about women, it is about both men and women, but men are very clever. When you use the term ‘gender’, they perceive it in terms of the additional roles that are for women. When you ask your husband to cook for you"
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