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    "speaker_name": "Buuri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri",
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        "legal_name": "Mugambi Murwithania Rindikiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support the nomination of Hon. Florence Kajuju, Washington and Lucy Kamunye. My good friend, Hon. Makali, has stated very clearly that at times we drag in issues without analysing the situation. None of us here can stand and say that he is perfect. I want to pick from there. This is an independent office, away from where some of these people have been placed. Some people are good at criticising. One Member said that we cannot put positive energy by bringing negative statements. We need to challenge ourselves. I agree with Hon. Makali. If a mad man walks into your house and you start shouting, both of you become mad men. There is no difference. What am I saying? We all belong to political parties and we know the history. This is not to meant that the Jubilee Party was not also disorganised. It was, if that pleases some Members here. We went through the same problems that you went through. So, outrightly, you cannot say that because you are in the Opposition, Madam Lucy was the cause of your problems. Let us agree with the facts. I support her. She worked under very strenuous circumstances. I know where she was working before. She was nominated to go to the department of political parties, a department she ran it perfectly. She is the one who put up all the systems of running the department. You are now in a situation where you are given papers which are not true. Thank you, Hon. Makali, for bringing up the issue. With all due respect, I expect my friend, the professor, to have done a bit of research to know her background and where she has come from. However, Hon. Makali has brought it out and I think the professor will agree with us now that her intentions were not really properly analysed. I know Hon. Florence Kajuju very well. I come from Meru and she comes from Meru. She is very dedicated. Many of us might not know this. She comes from a very humble background. Her first job, when she was not even in school, was a house girl. She was educated by her employers. She is a person who really understands the problems at hand. The job of the chairperson is to manage the Commission. There are so many issues that affect our human rights in this country, ranging from State departments to schools, land issues and prisons. Just name it. I believe with her background as a Member of Parliament, she is the best choice for the job. We are the people who are grappling with problems of human rights in this country."
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