{"id":913826,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/913826/?format=json","text_counter":139,"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. Without taking much time, I want to make a few comments. I want to remind the House that in our last Session, I mentioned that the previous appointments of this nature did not meet gender and ethnicity requirements. I am on record. However, I am glad because the current appointments have considered regional balance, ethnicity and gender. For the first time, I wish to note that the two-thirds gender rule has been surpassed in this case. We have three men and three women. That means that the gender balance is 50-50 for this appointment. It is a good thing for this country."}