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    "id": 975834,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the Public Service (Values and Principles) (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.17 of 2019), that has been brought by Hon. Andrew Mwadime. We appreciate Hon. Andrew Mwadime for bringing to light this issue of national importance. Public Service is not a private institution. It is an opportunity to serve the public. When you talk about the public, we are talking about all regions of this country, ethnic balancing and bringing on board affirmative action groups so that all of them can feel that they are part of the country. Representation of affirmative action groups is fundamental to the development of any nation. A nation is not measured by its ability to hold the hands of the stronger members of the society, but by its ability to hold the hands of the weaker members of the society. The weaker members of our society are the affirmative action groups or the special interest groups (SIGs) together with the marginalised communities. As much as we want to paint the Government black, let us give it its due. The Jubilee Administration under the leadership of Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta has tried as much as possible to bring regional and ethnic balancing to the Government. Let the truth be told. If I can just go to the representation of PWDs, for instance, the President has not only appointed persons with disabilities in parastatals and Government, but has gone deeper to know the categories of PWDs so that each category is represented. I will speak about my Jubilee Party. In the Senate, we have representation of PWDs in the person of Hon. Mwaura who has albinism. I am here representing PWDs on behalf of the Jubilee Party and I am physically disabled. There is Dr. Chomba who represents us in the National Gender and Equality Commission and is visually impaired. He is blind. There is Washington Opiyo who represents us in the Commission on Administrative Justice as a commissioner and he is deaf. He has a hearing impairment. There is a Principal Secretary, Hon. 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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