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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "thorough in his job and I know he is a person of details. Again, now he has wisdom and with his age, I am sure he is going to provide wise counsel to the team and they are likely to offer service to the country. Hon. Baya here has spoken to me a lot about the qualification of Fatuma Tabwara, whom I am told comes from Kwale. That gives me confidence that the Coast region was also remembered in this. This is someone who has worked in very many places, including lecturing at the university. Looking at the gender balance, it is clear that we have met the threshold of the gender balance. The requirement that not more than two-thirds of the nominees to a public office should come from one gender has been met. Hon. Speaker, allow me to say a few things about the work that is awaiting this Commission. This is the third Commission. The first one which was led by Kibunja did its work. Then there was the second one which was led by the second longest serving Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Francis ole Kaparo. This Commission has not lived to its calling. Kenyans expected a commission that would take steps to ensure that there is cohesion in this country and there is integration of various communities. Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members will agree with me that in terms of ethnic balance in public appointments, it is still as bad as it were before the coming into place of the NCIC. This is one of the areas that this Commission was supposed to deal with. In fact, we expected this Commission even to take to court the Government or government agencies which were not following the provisions of the Act that set the Commission. However, we do not see it. What we see is lamentation and complaints and they keep on giving us figures. So, what do we do with the figures? If you realise that government ministries, agencies and departments are not following the provisions of the law, the best thing to do is to take action. That is why the statute is there. So, I expect this Commission to do much better. The first one was a little bit better but the second one, with all due respect to the former Speaker; I would tell you that many of us were disappointed. We did not feel this Commission at all. We expect this other Commission that is going to be chaired by Rev. Kobia to make a difference. Those of us who are fond of hate speech should be dealt with. This country was at the brink of collapse in 2007 because of carelessness of leaders at the build-up to the general election. It would be the last thing that this country would like to see again going to 2022. Let us be candid with each other. I do not think there is anything we gain by setting communities against each other. There is nothing we gain by insulting leaders. There is no leader in office that does not have followers. We must understand that when we use certain foul language against some leaders, we are affecting and inciting their followers. Once you are given the position of leadership, you need to show responsibility. Initially people thought that men were the worst. We have been saying in this country that we need to have more women into power and that woman are better, fairer and more careful in whatever they say. However, the recent events are proving otherwise. You find women at the centre of a lot of violence. In fact, sometimes we get scared. We are becoming victims of women violence. I plead with my sisters that let us maintain the respect and dignity which we gave our mothers and the women of this country when we thought that women are the ones who would The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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