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    "id": 1147801,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa (",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Kiminini, Ford-K): Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have gone to school properly. When you look at Page 24(i) of the Report, it is clearly showing the Kenya Revenue Authority, vide a letter dated 19th April 2022, submitted that the nominee was not tax compliant. It is very clear. It is simple English and I know I have gone to school properly. I am going as per the Report on Page 24(i) as we move on. Those are annexures, I will come to that, but I am reading from the Report. This is what is here. You are the Chair of the Committee. This is what you have submitted. That is why I am saying I am a good student. I am going through your own submissions. The gentleman has been away for 25 years. Every Kenyan must be given an opportunity. The gentleman has been away for 25 years. As a matter of fact, he did not even find time to come and attend the interview on the vetting. We have so many Kenyans in this country who are looking for jobs. There are people who are tax compliant and are people of integrity who can do this job as opposed to fishing for somebody from Washington or wherever it is, who is not tax compliant. When it comes to Dr. Cecilia, she has very good academic credentials. She has been the head of Human Resource (HR) at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). However, in her submission, she said clearly that at KEBS, there were elements of corruption by some unscrupulous business people in partnership with the people who work there. As a HR person, she was responsible for hiring and firing. She has not demonstrated any competence or any role played in finding out who was facilitating corruption at KEBS with the business people, so that we can see that maybe, she fired them. She had the powers. She was the Head of HR. This is a big problem in this country about fighting corruption. I am not convinced that the two nominees have what it takes to fight corruption in this country. I am humbly requesting this House to reject these two nominees if we really want to continue with the fight against corruption. We can get qualified Kenyans who can do this work for purposes of helping this country to fight against corruption Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I oppose."
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