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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Kilonzo",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think my uncle was busy laughing but he missed what I said. He was being referred to as a boy by the then High Commissioner. We want to show you where we found the Ministry had failed to act. You do not employ somebody and he becomes your boss. That cannot be allowed! That was the highest level of impunity by a civil servant. The fact that the appointment came from the Head of State, it is only a procedure. We say appointments under the law be made by the Head of State. That does not mean that that officer should not take instructions from the Minister and the Permanent Secretary. There were other cases of drivers who had overstayed by three years and no action was taken and they continued earning salaries. The Ministry had the responsibility to ask for the cancelation of the visas of those officers. The Ministry was too lenient! They should have used this as an example to the rest of those fellows who go and dine with kings and queens so that they remember who appointed them. It was even worse when the tenure of that officer ended, it became the most embarrassing case. The particular ambassador had to be physically locked out of the High Commission. Can you imagine that? Imagine the Londoners watching Kenyans physically locking out the former High Commissioner. The handing over ceremony was never held for him. The procedure is that these are diplomats; they hold a big bash for you because you are leaving but for this particular one, it could not be held. The man was saying that he could not leave office. The Ministry must know that failing to act or being lenient, is as bad as the person committing the offence."
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