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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Trade",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join the Members in, sadly, opposing the report of the Committee. I wish to thank the various Members who have contributed. It is very clear that Members are not quite happy with the report. I really want to thank them for the manner in which they have articulated the issues in the report. I also want to thank the Committee for having taken the issue seriously when it was raised before it. The Committee did not just come from the air and start investigating the issue. The matters were raised before the Committee and it took them seriously. The Committee conducted meetings with the management and the Ministry and has, as a result, come up with this report. The only issue that we have is really what the Committee was investigating. That is the point of departure because the Committee seems to have started interrogating a process of identifying names to then be used as part of the consultation. The Board of the KAA does not have the mandate to appoint a Managing Director. So, even the process they had started was purely to generate a list of potential candidates to be considered in the consultation process with the Minister. At that point when the confusion came, we started interrogating a consultative process rather than a recruitment process. Then the report that has come has been premised on the wrong assumptions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just for the record, the KAA was set up by the Government through this Parliament. So, it is this Parliament that defined, through Cap.395, how the KAA will be run, how it will function and, indeed, how its offices will be filled. Section 6 of the Act is very clear. As it has been articulated by the Members, that appointment of the Managing Director shall be by the Minister after consultation with the Board. This consultation could take many forms. The Minister could well have called the Board and said: “I would like to appoint Mr. So and So, as the Managing Director. Does any of you have an objection?” If there is no objection, it will be documented that consultation has taken place. But in this situation, the Board, in its wisdom, decided to start looking for candidates to present to the Minister as the Minister was also looking for candidates. I really want to thank the Members because they have covered everything. I do not want to add, but I want to confirm that the following actions have taken place since then. The Minister has appointed a Managing Director (MD) for Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) after consultation with the Board, in accordance with Article 6 of the Act. I also want to confirm to this House that those consultations were extended within the wider Government, including the Office of the Prime Minister, where we also received concurrence. The new MD has already assumed office. I am happy that hon. Members are wishing him well in this endeavour."
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