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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Committee for doing a commendable job. I want to believe that they have done adequate vetting. I do not know most of those people personally and, therefore, I can only say by faith that the Committee has done a good job. However, I want to just contribute on two issues. One prima facie, if you look at the persons who were appointed, there is dominance by a few communities. I think it is a challenge that we will be facing when we are looking at appointment by bodies. The Principals should be advised that in situations where you have different bodies nominating persons, they must be very careful to ensure gender, regional and ethnic balance because it is constitutional. But when the bodies are left on their own, I know at one point we might just discover that we have actually nominated persons from one ethnic community, if we are not careful. Secondly, I would want to encourage the Principals that in nominating persons to bodies where names are then brought before Parliament--- We have seen about three instances where number one is left and number four is taken. There may be valid reasons for including persons either from a regional perspective or a gender perspective, but I would want to encourage in those instances that reasons must be given in the forwarding letters by the Principals and even by the nominating bodies, so that we are not left to guess why you leave number one and take number four. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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