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    "id": 886849,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "The MP for Suna East is excited. The nominee has not been charged in a court of law in the last three years. As stipulated in Article 75(1) of the Constitution, the nominee has no potential conflict of interest. He satisfied the requirements of Article 77(1) of the Constitution, in that he does not intend to participate in any other gainful employment during his tenure as a Cabinet Secretary. He does not hold office in any political party hence he satisfies the provisions of Article 77(2) of the Constitution. He has never been dismissed from office under Article 75 of the Constitution for contravention of provisions of Article 75(1), conflict of interest, of Article 76 of the Constitution on financial probity or Article 77 of the Constitution on restriction of activities of State officers and Article 78 (2) of the Constitution on dual citizenship. He is therefore fit to hold office as Cabinet Secretary. He has exhibited substantial knowledge on issues education and experience in public service. I remember some Members felt we should say: “He has exhibited immense…”, but were cautious and said he exhibited substantial knowledge on issues education and experience in public service. As I wind up, I want to mention that the nominee appeared before us and we interviewed him for almost three hours. During the time of the interview, he took us through his history of education from primary school. He is someone we can easily trace his education life from primary school to the time he became a professor in the country. He has served the country in public offices. When the nominee was made the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, those of us who can remember, there was a lot of turmoil in the University then. Students kept going on strike over many issues but his tenure was the most peaceful in the history of the University of Nairobi. Shortly, I will talk about his age. His tenure at the University of Nairobi is characterised by peaceful coexistence between the students and the University management. That exhibits that he is a very strong leader in terms of networking and management skills. The work he has done at KNEC also speaks for itself for the period he has been there. Some of us and many Kenyans have also asked that he has a strong hand in managing the institutions he has worked in. In fact, I remember I asked him whether he is not mechanical in the way he deals with issues. We expressed this because we know he is going to deal with very difficult people and at the risk of"
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