{"id":899908,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/899908/?format=json","text_counter":244,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mandera North, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. (Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih","speaker":{"id":13417,"legal_name":"Bashir Sheikh Abdullah","slug":"bashir-sheikh-abdullah"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to support this amendment on this very important commission. It was wrong in the first place for Parliament to give itself the role of recruiting and vetting. I want to really appreciate one Kenyan, Mr. Okiya Omtatah. This gentleman has done a good job for many Kenyans. He has seen the light and seen that whatever that was going on in the initial stages of recruiting and vetting was unconstitutional. I want to ask for Mr. Okiya Omtatah to be awarded because he has done a great job. Were it not for him, this team would not have seen the light of the day. I want to acknowledge and appreciate one, Mr. Okiya Omtatah, for taking this matter to court and ensuring that the Committee is seized of this matter."}