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    "id": 1129082,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1129082/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to put my voice on this Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill. From the onset I wish to support the same. Indeed, I must congratulate the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, through the able chairmanship of Hon. Pkosing and the newest Vice Chair in the House, Hon. Mercy Gakuya. The issue of defining the term of a DG is welcome. Indeed, increasing the term from three to five years is a very good thing we are doing for this country. The position of a CEO or a DG is the most senior managerial position. If we have a turnover every three years because of term limits, it is not very good for an institution. Therefore, increasing the same from three years to five years, which is within the stipulations of Mwongozo guidelines that were signed by His Excellency the President, is acceptable. We seem so selfish in our passage of legislation because we have restricted most CEOs to a term of three to four years. Because the upper limit is not set, we need to revise the same. If you limit the term, then you increase the chances of impropriety on the part of the CEO, because he has to eat fast so that by the time his term ends he has amassed enough. It is an exit position. You do not expect someone who has served as a Director-General to look for a job that is lower in rank. The Committee was considerate by proposing an increase of the number of years in a term, not just for purposes of institutional memory, but for the wellness of officers that we entrust with this office. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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