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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Millie Odhiambo",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I support the Bill. I also take this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers and sisters Eid Mubarak as they proceed tomorrow. As I was looking at this Bill, I had a sense of deja vu because I thought we had dealt with it before. But I realise that it had appeared in the Order Paper several times, that is why. So, it is good that finally we are discussing it, because it is timely and necessary that we have this Bill. Other than the reasons that Members have given, I would want to say that one of the reasons that we actually need this Bill is because if you look at the way the county governments, especially the county legislatures, are moving is that sometimes they encroach on the mandate of the national Government. Some pieces of legislation that go through the county assemblies are pieces of legislation that are within the mandate of the national Government. I know that at some point we are going to get into a crisis because people will not know whether to use the legislation at the county or national levels. So, if you have a lawyer that will be able to advise the Executive as they introduce pieces of legislation so that they know what their remit is and the remit of the national Government, then that will be good. I know that people have spoken to the issue of five years. I think five years is sufficient for somebody to be appointed to that position, especially if you are a practising advocate. Five years is really over-sufficient for you to master the law. A good lawyer is not really a person who has over-practised really but a person who also knows where to look for the law with just little practice. Above that, if we are committed to youth empowerment and we keep pushing the goal posts when it comes to age, then we will never really empower young people. I never thought about it then but when I look back, I became a director, founded an organisation when I was fairly young, became a director, I learnt a lot of things on the job without a management background and ran successfully a very good organisation that had a budget which is more than the annual NG-CDF budget. I started the organisation when I was a youth. So, when we limit people then we stop their talent development, because there is really nothing magical about age. If you see some of the people coming up with some of the most brilliant ideas, it is the younger people. So, we need to give them that opportunity. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I wish to support. Thank you."
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