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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee has said that it suspects that the markings were skewed in favour of one candidate, but this man called Mr. Gichuki â and I want to declare here that I do not know him â scored 91 per cent. That is the only mistake he made, because the one following him scored 61 per cent. Are we going to penalize Mr. Gichuki because he outsmarted all the other candidates and got 91 per cent? I do not think so. It appears to me, without going very far, that the Board went even beyond the requirements because they wanted, when the Minister appoints an MD of that important parastatal, to have good reasons to recommend that candidate. The Committee recommends that this exercise be repeated. What purpose would it serve? What are we going to achieve by repeating the exercise? The same directors will conduct the interviews. Probably, the same candidates will be interviewed. Hopefully, Mr. Gichuki will score more than 91 per cent. So, with a lot of respect to my very good friends, I think proper procedure was followed in appointing the CEO. I understand that since then, the Minister has followed the Boardâs recommendations and appointed Mr. Gichuki as a substantive CEO. That is a very important parastatal as the Committee has said. At the moment, our gateway and the hub of Nairobi is suffering from infrastructural development. I think it is high time that this House supports the appointment of that apparently bright CEO so that he can carry out the programmes geared towards the improvement of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and other airports in this country. That way, we will move forward. Therefore, I humbly ask the Committee to see the sense and let the House allow the appointment of Mr. Gichuki to stay, so that he can carry out the work that he has been mandated to do. I, therefore, regret to say that I do not support the Committeeâs recommendations."
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