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    "id": 886843,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/886843/?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": "Pursuant to the provisions of Section 6(9) of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, the Clerk of the national Assembly placed an advertisement in the print media on Thursday, 7th March 2019 inviting the public to submit memoranda by way of written statements on oath or in form of affidavits on the suitability or otherwise of the nominee. The advertisements indicated… (technical hitch) . By close of business on Wednesday, 13th March 2019, at 5.00 p.m. the Committee had not received any statements on oath in respect to the nominee whether adversely or even positive statements. The Committee that vetted the nominee made the following general observations: In accordance to Article 78(1) and (2) of the Constitution, he does not hold dual citizenship. As you all aware, for you to hold a State office you must not be someone who holds dual citizenship. So, the nominee was not found to hold dual citizenship. He is a Kenyan and that is all. He is a Kenyan born is Siaya County. He is a professor of surgery at the University of Nairobi with well over 31 years of experience in academia and in the public service, 10 of which he served as a Vice Chancellor at the University of Nairobi. I worked with him at the University of Nairobi."
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