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    "id": 825715,
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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "are bound not to give their optimum. It is pathetic to live in such a tiny house and you are married with children. You even live with another family and divide the house using a curtain. Most of the times, our officers are on night duty. For a long time, we have left issues of police officers in the hands of the Inspector-General (IG). When there is one centre of power, and you have nowhere to run to, there is bound to be discrimination. Probably, you are not in good books with your supervisor and you have nowhere to complain. Such officers are put on night duty or on call. Sometimes they are transferred to the so-called risky regions. That is why IPOA is very important. This time round, it should also focus on the plight of police officers. This list of nominees represents the face of Kenya. It also obeys the two-thirds gender rule. In fact, there are four women and four men. It is well balanced. The Head of State has tried as much as possible, with all nominees that have come to this House, to balance in terms of regions, gender and persons with disabilities. I would have complained if these nominees were the first to be brought to this House. Luckily, the Commission on Administrative Justice has a person with visual impairment. Also, the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) had a deaf person. The National Land Commission (NLC) also has somebody with disabilities. The Head of State has tried to balance and bring on board the so-called marginalised groups. He has even gone a step further to try to balance the different categories of persons with disabilities. In the Office of the Ombudsman, we have a visually impaired person. In the NGEC, we have a deaf person. Here I am, with physical disability. Hon. Mwaura, who is a person with albinism, is in the Senate. The President has tried as much as possible to make sure that Kenya moves together and no one is left behind. That is why we support such nominees by him. He means well for this country and for the so-called marginalised. I can see the name of a Maasai, Kikuyu, Kalenjin and Meru. The list is regionally balanced. Given the fact that we have only eight nominees, we cannot include all the 44 tribes that are in Kenya. At least, in terms of regional balance, the Head of State has really tried. That is why I urge this House to approve the nominees. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I support the nominees. I congratulate the Committee for doing a good job in terms of vetting. I was a friend of the Committee, and I saw their intelligence and diligence in doing their work."
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