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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Yinda",
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        "legal_name": "Edwin Ochieng Yinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support the Motion, which is on the Floor of the House for this House, to adopt the report from the Committee on Transport. It is a pity that when Members see a report, they get suspicious, and personally, this report is very harmless. What the Report refers to is simply the process. We are not talking about the person. We have no problem whatsoever with the person. The Report has been brought to the House. This Committee represents this House. The Committee had a lot of meetings with the Board and the Management of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA). The Committee worked together with the parastatals and the Ministry. The process was seen not to be incorrect, and the Committee recommends that it be repeated. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, repeating the process does not mean locking out anybody. It does not mean that you are going to talk about the character of anybody. It simply means that more time is given to the process for interviews to be conducted. The outcome of the interview might end up being the same, but the process will have been followed correctly. Last week we adopted the Report of the Joint Committee on Health, which was dealing with a similar case, where the Committee felt that the process of employing the Director of Kenya Medical Training College was not followed correctly. What the Committee suggested was for the process to be regularised. In this particular case, although the Report talks about repeating the process, it does not say that the current Managing Director should step aside. There is nowhere in this Report where the Committee says so. The Report is talking about repeating the process. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the process can be done without interfering with the operations of KAA. The moment we stand here and say that this Report is rubbish and, therefore, we should throw it out, all we will be saying is that the Committee has no functions, which I do not agree with. The Committee has functions. The Committees are the eyes of this House. Anything that is done by the Committees is done in good faith. It is done to basically ensure that the Executive follows the rules that exist in this country. So, there are lots of irrelevancies that are coming in here. People are talking about communities and other things, but that is not the issue. We should divorce all those sentiments from this Report, because that is not what the Report is talking about. What we are talking about is: Let us go through the process. Let us have the new Managing Director of the KAA appointed through the correct process. It may still be the same person who is sitting there right now. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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