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    "id": 844489,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a House of records. Normally, you look at the adoption page. I said when you minus the Chairperson, the other members are nine. Common sense dictates when you add nine and the chairman, it is 10 members. That is what I said. Minus the Chairperson, there are only nine members who signed the adoption of the Report. I want to demonstrate how this Report is shady. The Executive Summary explains the entire Report in summary. This is what the Chair says in the second paragraph: “The Clerk of the National Assembly requested for memoranda from the public on suitability or otherwise of the nominees. By close of the deadline of submission, three memoranda had been submitted: Two on Halima Abdille Mohammed and one against Peris Ashubwe. However, the memoranda had not been written in the form of affidavits. That means the memoranda had not been sworn on oath. In line with the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, if a memorandum has been submitted and is not on oath, obviously it is rejected. It is not admissible. This Committee has gone to the extent of using this memorandum to deny a chance to this highly qualified lady from western by the name Nelly Peris Ashubwe. I have demonstrated why this Committee was not serious with its business. They have gone to the extent of saying that when the lady appeared before them, she lacked diplomacy and public relations skills. Did you have a diplomacy-meter that you were using to measure diplomacy skills? When you look at the Act, there is nowhere in terms of criteria where it says that the nominee must be vetted based on diplomacy or negotiation skills. The form is very clear. You are supposed to look at academic qualifications and integrity. The Committee was in a fishing expedition, which we are not going to accept. We want the list to have regional balance. I have not seen another employee who comes from where this lady comes. The Committee did not look at regional balance in approving this list. The lady by the name Nelly Peris Ashubwe is more than qualified in terms of the required 10 years of experience. I want to encourage my friend Hon. Alfred Keter so that we can amend this report not to reject, but to approve this lady. This lady has a Bachelor of Education. She further has a law degree. She is an Advocate of the High Court. You need a lawyer at the SRC to interpret labour laws. It is a big embarrassment and let down. This is the highest time that we must put sense into the Committee. You do not have to reject people because you did not like the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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