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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": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before I start, I know the provisions of Standing Order No.90 require that a Member needs to disclose interests if he has any. Mary Kimonye taught me marketing at the University of Nairobi but that would not have resulted in conflict of interest except that I want to add that during times of long holidays, Kimonye used to hire me to work in her consultancy firm. She did that on three occasions. Therefore, it would have been dishonest if I did not mention that. I support her nomination and ask the House to approve Mary Kimonye to be the PS in the State Department for Public Service. If there is any single appointment that has come to this House which has made me very happy, it is this one. I say so because I have known this lady for long and I know that she is knowledgeable, experienced and intelligent. First, this lady even at a very early stage, when she was still young and a very young lecturer at the University of Nairobi, was running a consulting firm that was reputed and she could consult for big companies like Unilever, BAT and many other multinational corporations. This lady is one person whom I know does not look at people through the lenses of ethnicity. I could refer back to what I mentioned that in her recruitment for those to engage in her consultancy firm, she went for those she thought were the best in her class. So, she is someone who did not put ethnicity ahead of qualification and competence. If Hon. Patrick Musimba who was classmate was here, I am sure he would have attested to what I am saying. This lady is qualified and experienced. We know she has the capacity in marketing that very few people would match in this country. 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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