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    "id": 1197385,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "are talking about was in the previous Cabinet. We are discussing new nominees and new appointments in the new Government of Kenya under the leadership of President William Ruto. I want to say on the Nominee for Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action, it is imperative we do not trivialise this matter. This is because the standards we are going to set in this Parliament today will be used in future. If we approve a nominee who has a live case in court; a murder case which is a capital offence; tomorrow, anybody can be brought to this House with any kind of case and approved because we will have set the standards. That, at one time the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya passed a nominee with a murder case. I am not judging anyone. We cannot say she is guilty or not guilty of the offence. That is for the court to decide. We need to let the court to do its work, judge, acquit or convict her. Then, from there we can make a decision, as a House, whether this person is fit to hold the office of a Cabinet Secretary. Look at the words, democracy, developed countries and the democracies we borrow from. Leave alone being charged in court. When an allegation is placed against you, whether they are true or false, until you clear your name, you are told to step aside. Public officers in office and governors who have been charged in court were barred from their offices. Public officers taken to court were all told to leave office. What moral authority do we have as a House to pass on the Floor a Cabinet Secretary who has a case in court? The other nominee that was rejected unanimously by the Committee is Hon. Malonza. I do not want to speak the way my colleague spoke here; whether she is female or not. We were not looking at gender. We were looking at the suitability and competence of this individual to hold a high office of a Cabinet Secretary. If in the eyes of the Committee, it felt the person did not stand up to the requirement of that office…"
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