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    "id": 884312,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/884312/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "The Acting Chairperson, as it is today, Mr. Masese – whom we all know – has not been specified in the report which county he comes from. I was suspecting that he could be from Kisii County or Nyamira County. However, I am told he comes from Trans Nzoia County. There is nothing wrong with that. These seven nominees come from seven counties. We must observe that. But, as a House, what we need to move towards is to ask ourselves whether we should constitute a committee which will look at all the appointments. We need such a committee. You cannot pick on one appointment of board members and reject the appointment of its nominees because it has not met the threshold of regional representation, yet there is no information about the appointments of other boards. So, as we talk about regional representation, it should be in a holistic manner. What we need to start talking about, right away, is whether we need a committee that will audit all the appointments so that in future we get to know which regions are marginalised in terms of appointments. Appointments could be coming from other areas and it is just targeting one community or one ethnic group or one clan. That should not be assumed. Coming to the specific qualification and competencies of the members who have been proposed or nominated for approval today for appointment, I do not have any problem. We all know Mr. Masese. Most of us have dealt with Ministry of Education, Infrastructure…"
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