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    "id": 977775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/977775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "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": "Hon. Speaker, on regional and ethnic representation, let us be candid and honest with each other. The appointing authority is at times; I would say… Should I use the word “conning”? I think that is a very strong word. The point is that the appointing authority, and I am not just talking about the President although in this case it is him... These things happen even in the counties. If you want to appoint someone from Homa Bay, just do that. Do not appoint your sister or cousin who finds himself or herself in Homa Bay by residence or in a shaky marriage which we do not know if it may last. Recent developments make me wonder whether any marriage is ever solid because it is worrying when you see people disengage after being in marriage for over 30 years. Anyway, the point I am trying to raise is that there are concerns. When we were in the meeting approving these nominees, there was a big question as to whether other appointments in the past had someone from Lower Eastern. It is debatable; the people from lower Eastern say there has never been. You ask people from some other region and they say the nominee is from the Lower Eastern. In the western region they are questioning whether they have representation; the closest representation is from Trans Nzoia which is in Rift Valley. I can go on and on. There are some people saying some villages have two Cabinet Secretaries, others have two Principal Secretaries and yet others have none in the whole county. These are issues that we need to address."
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