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    "id": 884322,
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    "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": " I think the Hon. Member for Taveta wanted the debate to come to a closure. However, I do not know whether I was being repetitive. I had just finished on the issue of constitutionality, ethnic and regional balance and I was going to competencies. I was just saying that Masese in my view qualifies. But allow me to mention that in terms of age, although the youth in terms of the definition are not represented, there is no one who is 35 years and below, but we have 37 years. We have two members, Abdiaziz and Isabella who are 37 years old. In my view, they are fairly young for this board. Lastly, allow me to talk about Hon. Edick Anyanga who is my friend and used to be a Member of Parliament in my neighboring constituency. We served with Hon. Omondi Anyanga for 10 years. I know he is a go-getter. He is a very strong personality whom we need in this board. By the way, I want to tell Hon. Members that honestly when a former colleague gets nominated for an appointment and that person does not have issues of constitutionality and integrity around him or her, the best we can do is to approve the appointment or nomination of such a person. You know we are an endangered species in this country. Once you serve here even just for five years, you are considered to have lost knowledge of your professional standing or orientation and you are expected to just go home and chunga mbuzi, as I may put it. I, therefore, want to plead with this House to approve these names."
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