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    "content": "Sometimes Members may feel that it is just a list being tabled only to realize later on that the list that was tabled in the House comprised of details of such significant magnitude that they can cause either the functioning or the mis-functioning of institutions as has happened with the TJRC. You bring a report to the House, table it, it is received by the Clerk and the Members of Parliament are expected to go to Room 8 to pick it. Before realizing, the report is adopted by this House only for the country to be subjected to inertia and immobility of such an important body. My advice is that beyond passing this legislation, there should be requisite publicity. Let Kenyans know, particularly on this Agency, the individuals who are being recommended for appointment. Kenyans should know their resumes. This is good because this House has opened up even its watchdog and departmental Committees, so that the integrity of the individuals involved is subject to interrogation way ahead of parliamentary passage. This is a genuine concern because, as I speak now, I have seen colleagues and even myself, speaking out there about the TJRC. We have also seen hon. colleagues standing on the Floor of the House and saying that those who are criticizing the situation at the TJRC are motivated by ethnic hate, when we know that this is a very serious matter. This will be a very good opportunity for the Attorney-General to appoint men and women to this Agency whose standing in society and integrity are testable and whose service within the Agency will be enduring, so that they are not subjected to a situation where they can be captives of merchants of impunity, something I see is very likely to happen unless we are diligent and careful in constituting this body. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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