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    "id": 900021,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/900021/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ronald Tonui",
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Chair for donating two minutes to me. I want to support this Bill and thank Omtatah for standing for Kenyans. When we make unfair laws in this Assembly, there are people out there who protect the public from those unfair laws that we make. That is because they are many. This includes the one on Housing Levy. So, Omtatah should be congratulated for this. What is proposed in this Bill is the fairest way. This is because there will be a panel to interview the commissioners and then forward the names to the President to nominate and forward the names to the National Assembly for approval. This is the right procedure. The way we were to do it before was unfair. On the issue of security of tenure, I believe this should not be the case because we do not want a rogue Commission. On the issue of a six-year term, I believe this is not fair. Even elected Members are given only five years. No one should go beyond the five-year term. I believe this need to be relooked into. Regional balance should be a key factor in appointing the commissioners so that the whole country can be considered. I know Hon. Gedi has talked about ambassadors. I wish to state it was very unfair because Bomet did not get even a single one and we rarely get. So, we have accepted that any presidential appointment may not come to Bomet and we should move on. Thank you very much for that little time."
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