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    "id": 821643,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Constitution. Therefore, we cannot say that we have to be blind to the fact that the gender balance is tilted. The reason Parliament is vetting nominees from the Executive is not just to look at their qualifications and academic capacity. It is also to look at other factors which include gender, marginalised groups and inclusivity. We need to look at all these matters in totality. Hon. Otiende is perfectly in order to raise this matter only that I am reluctant to support that route because, in this House, we have passed appointments with skewed gender composition in favour of men. If it is in favour of women today I am going to be blind again and approve because we have done it for men. Otherwise, we are going to be seen as a House that only looks at the welfare and interest of men. That is the only reason I will disagree with Hon. Otiende, not that he does not have a point. He has a point, but I ask him to keep his point until that time when the appointments by the President or whoever is going to bring some to this House will be in favour of men to the disadvantage of women or in contravention of the Constitution. Then, we will start making sure that we follow the Constitution. If we start it today, I am afraid we are going to be seen as a House that does not care about women of this country. That is my only fear. Otherwise, I would have supported him on this. This brings me to question a fundamental issue of the advice that the appointing authorities get or receive either from legal advisors or the Attorney-General before it forwards names to this House. The appointing authority is supposed to see what Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo sees and look at all these constitutional requirements. It should have known that there are already two women in that commission. Therefore, only one woman could be brought. Where there are more men, he should only bring the additional. I heard Hon. Duale say that there are people who are about to retire. Why could the President not keep one of these eminent women until that time? One of the women is our colleague, Hon. Priscila Nyokabi, who has been here. I am very reluctant to oppose her appointment to any position. Why could we not keep one of the ladies for appointment until when the others retire? The appointing authority, which is the President and the advisors need to take note."
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