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    "content": "country that Parliament will be insisting on accountability and adherence to the rule of law. However trivial a matter may be, Parliament will not let you get away with it. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you know, we have a real challenge in this country, of convincing every Kenyan that what is Kenyan should belong to Kenya and should be given to Kenya. What is personal or regional can remain regional. If in future somebody wants to think and act in the interest of a region, a section or a tribe, that person had better go and be a governor in a certain area. He or she should not want to be a national leader or sit in an institution or in a position that requires simple acts in the national interest of this Republic. This challenge is serious and I commend the three Committees for initiating this process and insisting that the Minister regularises this appointment. What I have not seen in the Report is that definitely, it was a conflict of power. The Minister had powers and interests and the Board also had certain powers and interests. I have not seen an analysis in this Report where the Committee tells us whether the manner in which the Board made the recommendations were totally above board. What was the composition of that Board? How were the names selected? How were the debates carried out? Was it ruled out that one or two Board members were not too powerful to have insisted that a particular recommendation be forwarded to the Minister? Did the Committees go deep enough into the manner in which that Board has been practicing its business in the management of the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC)? Since that portion is missing we may have to excuse many of us for getting into these battles because our attitudes are still skewed in the direction of those we know and those we wish to favour. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my contribution essentially, is to convey a surprise that the people who are not very confident that the new Constitution as proposed is overdue to address some of these issues are the ones who have raised the issue of impunity. Please, help this country change and change drastically. Bring new institutions and regulations that will make all of us comfortable with the management of all our institutions. Please, stop being green during the day and red at night. I support."
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