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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Were",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to respond. From the outset, I would like to thank all the hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion in either way. I would also like to thank the Minister for his closing remarks. I would want to say that our intention in carrying out the work that we did was purely on the basis of the information that was brought to the Committee to the effect that the process of recruitment of an MD at the KAA had started. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that the KAA is a strategic parastatal in this country. It is a security-related parastatal. It would be very wrong for this Committee of Parliament, which is supposed to be looking into such matters, to hear of an issue of appointment of an MD of a major parastatal like this one and just keep quiet. We carried out this inquiry because information came out that as the recruitment process had begun, already there was somebody who was earmarked for the job. That is what we were trying to find out. Is it fair to carry out a process when there is already somebody who has been earmarked for the vacancy? That was the question that was disturbing us. Why continue with such a process when there was somebody who was qualified, and who had already been identified for the job? Why subject Kenyans to interviews when there is already somebody who is earmarked to take the job? That is what was in our mind. If at all there was already somebody who had been identified, why stage-manage an interview? What was the purpose of the interview? Was it necessary? Was there any necessity to advertise the vacancy and pay Manpower recruitment agency when we already had a candidate? That was the basis on which we were trying to do what we did. That is why we were saying: If that be the case, then the process should be stopped. That was the issue. So, as much as the Board was actually operating within the law, âthey were being within the lawâ. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Minister appointed the MD, we expected that the first thing that he would have done would have been to engage the Committee and just find out for himself. Without even being told to do so, he would have engaged the Committee in one meeting and asked: âWhat is this problem.â Maybe, we would not have reached this stage, if he had engaged the Committee immediately he appointed the MD. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have heard the Minister and other people say that the KAA is a very strategic parastatal which cannot afford to have an Acting MD. I would want to remind the Minister that even the Kenya Ports Authority is very strategic. I wonder why up to now, he has not done anything. With that kind of speed, we would have expected many other things, including the rise in the number of road accidents to be addressed. On Madaraka Day, the President said that he was alarmed by the increase in the number of accidents in the country. He even gave orders to the police to ensure that the trend reversed. I have not heard the Minister talk about it. So, if he had handled all other issues with the seriousness he has acted on the issue of appointment of the KAA MD, he would have done very well. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure hon. Members that we did not have any specific problems with Mr. Gichuki. Personally, I do not even know him, and I do not have any problem with him. What we were trying to do at that time was meant for that time. Even when I was moving the Motion, I asked: Why did the Minister not just appoint the MD? After all, it had been done in the past. Why stage-manage an interview process and make us believe that there was something going on? That was the issue. I am very grateful to all the hon. Members who have contributed to the Motion. As it stands, this Report has been overtaken by events but, looking at the issue at that time, I still request the hon. Members who are here to support the Report as it was. With those remarks, I beg to move."
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