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    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "To manage succession is very critical and that is the reason why Parliament exists to be able to stabilise institutions. Improper succession management in institutions leads to chaos, anarchy and lack of motivation. Engineers then might be very demotivated. For you to wait until when you are 48 years to ascend to become a DG makes people feel that actually, there is no need to be in that place. They look for other professions. That is why when Kenyans were proposing to open the director-general from only engineers, some of the reasons they were giving were: “How can you wait for 48 years for you to have post registration certificate?” That is why we said so that we do not create a vacuum, then we open it. Now that, that has been since removed, we are proposing that the House agrees with us so that we can be able to remove that lacuna of succession and apathy within the department. Finally, the other clauses are just cleaning up. It is about the Office of the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget which are separated by the Constitution 2010, but have not been cleaned up in the Roads Act 2007. That is why we thought that we can clean up those issues. These are only three clauses. I do not want to belabour the point or over-stretch the thinking. I want to leave it at that. It is as clear as that. Therefore, I really implore upon my colleagues to agree with us so that we can then provide stability within the transport industry. They have done a great job and that is why we agree that we give them stability. It is our responsibility as legislators and lawmakers to provide for stability within the industry of roads or infrastructure. With those few remarks, I beg to move and ask my colleague, the able engineer, Hon. Koskei, to second. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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