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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": "I am also happy to see that we have met the two-thirds gender principle in this Commission. So, we will not sit here and fight like we always do. We are happy that this time round, this has been followed to the letter. I am happy that the two ladies who have been appointed, Ms. Lilian Mutio Kiamba and Dr. Alice Atieno Otwala, are of great integrity and repute, as the Committee has told us. They are also well educated. I am particularly happy to see that we are adding into the mix, in terms of professional background in this Commission, a lady who has studied Criminology and Fraud Management. Therefore, we are getting a well-equipped team in education background and professionalism. Ms. Lilian Kiamba has done Criminology and Fraud Management. She said that she would make sure that she would give special focus on matters of gender-based violence. This is not a small matter. We have seen serious domestic and gender-based violence that is happening at homesteads. People are killing each other. She said that she would make sure that there are gender-based violence centres, starting with the DCI and all the way to the stations up to the grassroots level, so that we can start handling matters that are now threating the very fabric of our society which is the family. I support the fact that she is committed to this matter. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also see that there is another lady in the list I would like to mention; Dr. Alice Atieno Otwala. She is well educated and has also served at a level no one can dispute, as secretary to another commission. Therefore, I support her. We want not just women but women of merit who meet the qualifications and who will add value at the decision- making table. We look forward to a commission that will work very well for this nation by The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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