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    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also empathise with Members. Having sat here yesterday, it is not easy to get Members to do five minutes each but I will try to do so. I start by congratulating the Committee led by our own Hon. Speaker. They sat long hours, went through the paper work, the vetting process, the long days and came up with this report. I congratulate the President because it is not easy to get 22 members of Cabinet from 47 counties, all of which desire to get a Cabinet Secretary. It is not possible to have all 42 ethnic tribes represented in the Cabinet. I note that most of the nominees who were vetted and approved in this Report have experience. Adding politicians to the Cabinet makes us look forward to a better Cabinet that does not look down on elected Members, and which will be dealing with issues as they arise. The in-tray of this team is full. Right now, we are talking about drought. People are hungry in my constituency, and they are suffering everywhere. Some of the nominees will have some work to do, especially the nominee for the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, Hon. Kithure Kindiki. We are currently experiencing conflicts between herders and farmers in my constituency in an area called Ngurika in Mbaruku Location. Maasai herders have brought cows all the way from Kajiado and Narok. They have invaded maize farms. A conflict is simmering. I look forward to him getting to work to deal with these issues. On the issue of land, I laud the President because, for the first time, Nakuru County has a full Cabinet Secretary nominee. It has never happened. For the first time, we are represented by Zach Njeru in this domain. I hope he will deal with land issues and ensure that every sub- county gets a land registry. That is an issue we should push through to the Cabinet. I look forward to the nominee for the Ministry of Education hitting the ground running. Apart from the CBC, we are dealing with teachers’ issues. The TSC is not working well with the Ministry of Education, and there is push and pull. There is also the issue of hardship allowance that I tried to push for teachers in some areas, especially in Nakuru, which is a semi- arid area. We want the classification of hardship areas re-done by the Cabinet Secretary for Education. On the issue of nominee Peninah Malonza, we must look at the law as it is. Article 152 of the Constitution does not stipulate the requirements for one to be appointed Cabinet Secretary. It is the role of this House. We have provided qualifications for governors, the President and even for members of county assemblies, but not for Cabinet Secretaries. Saying that you do not like the way I look, or how I behave, or how I talk, cannot be enough reason to disqualify me as a nominee. I look forward to that amendment coming to the House, as has been promised by some Members, so that we ensure that the list of Cabinet Secretary nominees passes as it is. Because of time, there is only one other issue I will touch on. I am looking forward to the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury to deal with the issue of disbursement of the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) funds. We are having issues. We are in third term of the school academic year. We have Form Four students sitting the national examinations yet they are at home. Parents are not even able to put a meal on the table yet their children have been sent home for school fees. I look forward to the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury ensuring the timely release of NG-CDF funds for this financial year. Hon. Temporary Speaker, because of Members’ concerns, and having sat where you are now sitting, I will not take more time. I support this list. I will give an opportunity to more Members to speak, hoping that we will be magnanimous enough to approve the whole list of nominees. Even if the time allocated is 10 minutes, you do not have to take all of it. Let us take as few minutes as possible, so that we give chance to as many Members as possible to contribute. 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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