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    "id": 102248,
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    "speaker_name": "Eng. Maina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 75,
        "legal_name": "Ephraim Mwangi Maina",
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    "content": "I am a Committee Member and I support the Committees of this House because they are doing a good job, but we must be careful so that we remain within our domain. We should not surpass our boundaries and venture into issues that should be left to others in this Government. For example, we have given the board some powers to appoint the Managing Director. Once they do the job, let it be so. There is no use this Parliament questioning minute details which we call operatives in an organization. The issue of who will recruit who in an organization is an issue over which the board has been given guidelines, and people are selected according to them. I wonder how a Committee of this House would say So and So should be excluded as a recruitment agency next time. I do not think we are being fair. We must support, give freedom and even give courage to our people to conduct business without fear. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with the respect I have for this Committee, and in fact, most of its Members are my personal friends, I find myself being pulled towards speaking for justice as a Member of Parliament by saying that the adoption of this report will not be in order because it will open an avalanche where we think that for every position where we feel that somebody from a certain ethnic community has got a job instead of another person from another community then it would be the basis of conducting investigations. I believe we should desist from all that. There were 152 Kenyans from all walks of life who applied for that position. Somebody said that since I was in Mt. Kenya herding goats or in Western Kenya, then I should have been given six months to see the advertisement. I would like to say that this is a job for the Managing Director. It calls for effective communication using modern technology like newspapers and internet. So, anybody who was interested must have had enough time to apply. That is why 152 people applied. Therefore, I do not know the basis of that report. I do not think the basis of this Report actually stands the real justice of this House. We should let the Minister who is mandated by this House to appoint the Managing Director do his job. The talks going on in this House now cannot let the MD do his job as effectively as he should. I confess that the man is my constituent and, therefore, hon. Were, who is my friend, should even have been more sympathetic with me in bringing up this matter without good basis. I know this gentleman and he stands the test of time in every way. Let us leave the MD to carry on his job; let us reject this Report and leave the law to take its own course and give the Minister a chance to conduct his business in this important Ministry. With those words, I beg to object to this Report."
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