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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nyambati",
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        "legal_name": "Walter Enock Osebe Nyambati",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to continue. I am contributing from where I left. As in all Committees of Parliament, our Committee derives its mandate from Standing No.198. This Standing Order mandates us to investigate and inquire on all matters of management, operation and administration. These are matters to do with the public. It is extremely important for this House to realize that it is the engine of our nation. Our primary duty is to ensure that fairness, accountability and transparency are practised in our public institutions. Those of us who hold positions of power must continue to fight for those basic needs which form the fabric of the society. Parliament must be seen to be in the front line in accomplishing this task. It is, therefore, important that this House, at all times, takes the interest of Kenyans at heart. It must give all qualified Kenyans an opportunity to serve in public institutions. For this reason, this Committee is asking this House to support adoption of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public works and Housing. As I was saying yesterday, there was no fairness practised in the process. We are talking about the process and not the individual. The Government must take note that if this House does not practise fairness or is not seen to give Kenyans an equal opportunity then we have no business being here. That fairness must start here. We are saying that fairness must be practised. I want to give an example. An advert to hire one of the most important Chief Executive Officers of our parastatal lasted only five days until the day of the interview. There must have been something seriously wrong. If you are given five days to apply and then called for the interview on the fifth day, surely there is something seriously wrong. If anybody in his right mind can really support this kind of propagation, I do not know where this country is heading to. We must give Kenyans be it our children or citizen equal opportunity so that a Borana, Luo, Kisii, Kamba and so on can apply for the job if he or she is qualified. We should not be seen to be giving opportunities selectively to certain individuals. I want to stress that it is the wish of this Committee that this process starts again so that fairness is seen to be done and there is accountability. Every Kenyan who wishes to participate should be given an opportunity to do so. This process, if you look at the Report had many controversies. From the word go, the Board had a problem with the way it was done. The first advert was done without consulting the Board, and the Board had to cancel it. If you look at the marking system that was employed, you will realise that it was totally wrong. If, indeed, proper short- listing was done, then you would not find the first candidate getting 90 marks and the next one getting 50 marks or 60 marks. It means something was seriously wrong. We do not want to tailor opportunities for individuals. We want to make sure that Kenyans are given equal opportunity to participate in whatever public appointments there are in this country. The Executive must take note that this country is yearning for fairness. This country is crying for equal opportunities. We must give this to our children. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion."
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