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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to support this Bill. I would also like to indicate that, as a member of the Committee, I would not take much time. I want to inform the Hon. Member that one of the reasons why the Committee reduced the length of experience from 15 years to a lower figure was in recognition that we have in terms of diversity of our people who are young and qualified. We did this with the specific objective of opening the dimension for those who are young. What I want to highlight, as I support this Bill, is the urgency and the context in this country where we are operating in an environment where there seems to have lots of factors which seem to divide us. Sometimes, maybe, it is because people do not necessarily understand each other. A number of times, it is because we have inherited to some extent the practice of being negatively ethnic and engaging in prejudicial discriminatory behavior. It is for this reason that we, as a Committee, did not choose to look at the overall amendments but, in particular, we ensured that we responded immediately to addressing the important principle of separation of powers. We also want to ensure that, as a House, we are able to allow the Commission to be put in place. As I conclude, I want to highlight to the Members that as we look at the proposed amendments by the Committee, we should be very keen and perform our very important mandate of ensuring that we have respect for diversities and all the different categories defined in the Constitution namely, gender, youth, persons with disabilities and any other marginalized groups. In a way, we should ensure this is something that is taken care of. Finally, I know Hon. Chris Wamalwa indicated that we should open up and have the church sitting in the panel. But the Committee seems to have a balance and seeks to ensure that everybody is included. It will be a tall order seeking to determine that we include the church whereas in Kenya we know we have many other people organised of faith. This will mean we start opening up beyond asking which church, what to do with our brothers and sisters of the Islamic faith and all the others who are of different faith."
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