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    "id": 886961,
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    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": "It is my view that in the candidate of Prof. Magoha, opportunity meets competence in the presence of education. It is not an often occurrence in this House that we find candidates of such competence and ability. I want to confirm two examples. One, as the Ombudsman of the country, I worked with Prof. Magoha when he was the Vice-Chancellor of the UON. He was able to ensure that the university had a performance index of 100 per cent. That is competence. I want to confirm that as an Advocate of the High Court, I took the first case seeking delisting of the first medical practitioner in this country and the matter went before Prof. Magoha as the Chairman of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board. He had the courage to deregister one of his colleagues. That is courage and integrity. I, therefore, think this is the right candidate. Some Members spoke of age. Fortunately, this is one office where age limit for other public officers does not apply in similar manner that it does not apply to Members of this House. Some Members spoke of the county. I want to confirm that the only requirement that Article 130 has in terms of composition of the national Executive is ethnic and regional diversity, and not county diversity. Indeed, if we were to consider the region and the ethnic extraction of the candidate, we will find that there is a lot of space to have a lot more candidates. This nominee is well qualified and comes from a constituency that has a history of learning, second only to Rarieda. I am quite happy. The only caution is that we must remind the nominee that ultimately the oath of office they swear by is to the Constitution and to the people. Article 130 and Article 153(3) compels cabinet secretaries to be answerable to this House. I invite us to keep Prof. Magoha and all other cabinet secretaries on their toe on behalf of the people. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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