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    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Cheboi",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kipkemboi Cheboi",
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    "content": "Abdalla as a nominated MP and they may have not known how she was nominated. The Kenya Africa National Union Party (KANU) was the first party to have nomination by vote. In the year 2003, Hon. Amina Abdalla was among four other eminent Kenyans who were nominated through a vote, including your own vote, Hon Speaker. They were Amina Abdalla, Hon. Mutula Kilonzo, an eminent lawyer, and several others were nominated. They were four in number. Having seen Amina through that process… In 2003 when she was nominated, she joined me as one of the members of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. She came there as an ordinary Member because we were not so sure that we wanted to give nominated Members positions at that point in time. In the subsequent Parliament, she was made the Chair of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. She created that important Committee. Thereafter, through an election, she managed to win against elected Members of Parliament and became the Chair of the Environment and Natural resources Committee. She worked well. Hon. Amina Abdalla has previously worked with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). It will be a good thing that we have somebody who is not only a politician, but also has experience coming from different backgrounds. Talking of intelligence, there is nothing that I can say of her - she is intelligent. With her Master’s Degree, she was good in her committees. So, what we expect of Hon. Amina Abdalla is not to go and do favours for anybody, not even MPs. We want somebody who will instill a sense of fairness so that every other person – and I am not talking about MPs… Teachers also have issues and other public servants as well – about their benefits. We want somebody who is intelligent and rational. Some of the people we have elected before as representatives in the SRC went there and got submerged. We had an opportunity to serve with Hon. Amina Abdalla as MPs for more than three terms. We believe to be true when we say that this is a person who has been tried and tested. So, I want to urge members, especially those who have not worked with her, to support her. In this lady who will be approved today, if you accept, you have a person who probably, will not do favours. She will do the right thing. If the right thing is done, we will not complain. You know, there are petty things that people do not appreciate because they are small ones. In Amina Abdalla, we believe that these things will be appreciated. In her and Hon. Dalmas Otieno, we will have somebody who has served in the NGO sector, a politician and Hon. Dalmas Otieno having been a Minister, things will be good. Therefore, I beseech Members to quickly pass her and they will see the results shortly. Thank you."
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