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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"content": " Hon. Jematiah."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Jematiah Sergon",
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"content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to add my views on this matter. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party for considering this amendment in the Bill. I once served as a director of the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) for three years and I was touted to serve for another three years if I were to be given the opportunity. The reason why I support this amendment is because today’s attitudes in the work place are derived from peoples’ personalities. The longer people stay in the same space, specifically in offices where they perform routine duties, the more they tend to lack efficiency. According to the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations, the three years was reviewed and it was considered for all the State corporations, Semi- Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) as a reasonable time. This amendment will give opportunity to other Kenyans to serve. I also support what the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Atandi expressed. In the future, we will consider professionalism. These are people who will run the day-to-day activities of the authority. Lastly, this amendment will enable us to fight serious entrenchment of corruption. There is a survey that was done that showed the most corrupt people are those who have worked in a small area for too long because of complacency. This will help us fix most of the gaps that we have in the country and save resources, specifically on roads. We all need roads in this country. Through this legislation, we will save the country."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"content": " Hon. John Mutunga."
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"speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia",
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"content": " Thank you for the opportunity to also contribute to the Bill. The Bill harmonises the period that one is supposed to stay in office as a CEO with the provisions of the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations. That will create equity in service and give those who will be given the opportunity time limits to do their work and produce results. It will also regularise the time given. If someone has served for four years and was given a contract of five years, then they will also be given a contract to serve for five or six years. This creates equity. When the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations was being done, it was realised that when people stay in an office for too long, they tend to be redundant. Therefore, that introduces the fact that we need to reduce redundancy in these offices. That will give other people an opportunity to serve in the same offices. Therefore, I support the Bill."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"content": " Hon. John Kiragu."
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"speaker_name": "Limuru, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng) John Kiragu",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this amendment. This matter came to our Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure and we discovered that it is outside the recommendation of the Mwongozo Code of Governance for State Corporations. This amendment will streamline this area and align it to the rest of the parastatals. It also provides an opportunity for somebody to prove themselves in three years. If they are found worth, there is the chance for a renewal. The amendment provides a transition clause for those who are about to get a renewal. This will bring order. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Limuru, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Eng) John Kiragu",
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"content": "I support this amendment. This has been an issue that has been embarrassing to the sector, because it is an area that serves a lot of people. When these heads overstay, some of them stop being director-generals and start becoming contractors. I, therefore, support."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
"speaker_title": "The Temporary Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Hon. Dido Raso."
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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this amendment. Roads are such an important asset and also the most expensive asset. Imagine in constructing a road you spend Ksh40 million per kilometre of tarmac road. It is such a precious commodity that we must safeguard in the first place. The amendment seeks to limit how long a director-general stays in an office. Because we live in Kenya, we have learned that if a director-general stays longer, he becomes part of the institution and also part of the furniture of an office. Once they know that their terms are subject to renewal, it means they must work really very hard to win that trust and get additional time. Currently, at KeRRA, KURA and KeNHA, the director-generals who have been sought through very competitive processes, tend to work very hard. More so when they are told that, ‘my friend, you have a term limit and you must competitively apply for that renewal’, they are likely to put in energy, motivation, and make those who are working under them to be efficient. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"speaker": null,
"content": " Hon. Yegon, are you in the House?"
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