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    "speaker_name": "Samburu, West, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naisula Lesuuda",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity; and since I have not spoken when you were on that Chair, I pass my congratulations to you. I want to speak about a number of things, since I sit on the Committee on Appointments. I would like to say a few things, and to probably correct some of the aspersions that have been cast upon the Committee under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Speaker, who did a fantastic job. You would not have known who is in the Majority or the Minority side. I believe it is because we were being vetted by Kenyans on how we conducted ourselves. We asked pertinent questions that touch on Kenyans, and we were from diverse counties and constituencies. Therefore, the questions that we asked also reflected on the various needs of Kenyans across the country. It is then unfortunate for Members to say that we played politics, were biased or that, as the Minority, we are settling scores in this House. I thank the Members of this House for approving us to go and sit in that vetting Committee. When we present ourselves to run for office, we are vetted by the public. They know who we are, what we stand for and they decide whether they want you to represent them or not; and so, the vetting takes place at the ballot. When we are then presented as Committee to do our vetting, we give our opinion that this is what we think, having sat through for long hours. We used to sit from 7.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m., listening to each candidate. We would look at the requirements, both the statutory requirements in terms of documentation and whether you fit the office or not. That is why we asked the questions, otherwise, we would just ask you whether you have EACC clearance and Certificate of Good Conduct. Actually, you do not need a degree to be appointed a CS. We asked questions to gauge suitability. As Members debate, they should remember that this Report is our opinion. You will have your opinion and it will be a bigger one, because you will actually vote. The Report has been done and you have read it. You can have a contrary opinion without casting any aspersions on the Committee Members. To my colleagues on the Majority side, we made a unanimous decision. It is unfortunate to say that the decision is by the Minority side alone. You cannot table a report and then want to run away from it so that you make us look bad. That paints women worse, because it is a woman involved. These are just our opinions and you can have your opinion. The Whip of the Majority Party may think he is helping Hon. Malonza by raising issues of her periods on this Floor. You are actually making it worse, because we did not judge her on that. Those are not the things we were looking at. You cannot trivialise issues when it comes to women and talk about our moods, emotions and periods. You cannot say that I did not wake up on the right side of the bed, hence I could not answer questions right. You are making it worse. You are actually propagating what we said in the Committee, do not trivialise issues about women. Do not go to that level. That is something I had to say. Apart from talking about the three nominees, you will have the opportunity to cast your vote on what the Committee thought about all nominees. One of the observations I made on the composition of the nominees is that there is no youth; there is no one under 35 years. I believe there are young people in this country who can actually sit in the Cabinet. There are also persons with disabilities (PWDs) and the Constitution requires their inclusion in different positions and boards. I hope that His Excellency the President will consider PWDs and the youth in nominating Principal Secretaries and persons 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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