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    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "her in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. I can tell you for a fact that whenever other Members from the opposite side walked out of the room or were in the room, I did not care. It is because it was a very contentious Committee. When Amina was in the room, all my senses became alert because, even though she was not a lawyer, she has a mind sharper than that of a lawyer. I am not flattering her. I think many Members do not understand why she was nominated in the same party three times. She is an extremely brilliant woman. She is very intelligent and a strategist par excellence. I can tell you she did some work for her party that many people did not know. She would sit in this House. She was not a person who would go to rallies and do such things, but she would sit in this House. When I saw her speak to one Member of our party, I would have to follow because I knew she was lethal. She spoke to you and you would move over. So, I can tell you for a fact that Amina was an excellent addition to her party. Sometimes, I encourage parties to see the strengths of individuals in their parties. Not everybody must be excellent in speaking. Not everybody was given the gift of the garb. Some are very good at strategies. Some are very good at legal action. We all have different strengths. Without talking about what she will do in the SRC, I can say she is going to add value. Whether that value will be favourable to us as MPs or not, I do not know. It is because I know she is also a very fair and just person. She knows what MPs go through. I know for a fact that she is diligent in her work. I know she is committed. I know she does an excellent work. I would have no reservations recommending her for such a job. I would only have reservations in commending her in a job where she is our opponent. Like where she is fighting my party for instance. But where she is doing work that is professional… Yesterday, without knowing that she was recommended for this position, I congratulated her for the work she did for the Committee on Delegated Legislation. She is actually the reason we have delegated legislation and she is not a lawyer. She brought a technical piece of legislation. She did not bring it because somebody had tutored her. You could see that she actually understood clearly what that law was about. It is not only that law; she did a lot of excellent work in this House when she was the Chair of either the Environment or the Lands Committee. I think she was even awarded. I have absolutely no reservations. I am hoping, as Members of Parliament, as much as we joke and laugh a lot, the legacy of people like Hon. Amina Abdalla will be a challenge to us. When we are long gone, can people look at our work, despite of our political inclinations, and confidently support us and our work? I support her despite the fact that we come from different political leanings. Thank you."
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