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"content": "for other positions in boards. Since he did not meet his promise of a 50 to 50 gender Cabinet, I hope he can do it in subsequent nominations. To finalise, it is not just about who has been approved. It is wrong to say that we rejected some nominees because they are politicians. We approved some politicians. You can say what suits you, whether you are supporting or opposing, but we approved politicians as a Committee. There are a number of issues in this Report that we extensively asked questions about. We also received questions from Kenyans and you can see the things that they are concerned about. One of them is the cost of living. Once the nominees are approved and sworn in, especially those in this House and whose dockets are concerned with food security, they should get to work. We are facing a severe drought like no other. I am told that it resembles one experienced in the 1980s. We are facing drought, a high cost of living, youth issues and corruption in this country. Kenyans are watching these nominees. We asked them what they were worth because as Parliament, we will be checking to see what they have amassed and how they got it within the next five years. There is also the issue of following the rule of law. It should not just be when it suits you. You should respect the Constitution. As I conclude, the other reason why we vetted the nominees is that we will hold them to account for the things that they said to us. They did not just say it to the Committee. We were sitting there on behalf of all these Members. They were actually speaking to Parliament, Kenyans, and the international community, because those proceedings were really being followed. As one of my colleagues said, when you are a CS, you are not the Principal Secretary. We agree that you are not the technocrat but you should, at least, have general knowledge and the policy of that docket. What are you telling us? What is your policy on this matter? To the nominees who will be approved, we will hold you to account. We will ask you to account for what you promised Kenyans during the vetting. Do not view it as a process that we were just doing in this House. We have taken note of what you promised to do, if approved by this House and sworn in. We will go back and ask you questions as a House and in our committees to see to it that you live up to it. Just so that you may never forget, it is an honour to serve the country in that position out of more than 50 million Kenyans. Just know that you shoulder a huge responsibility to serve this country diligently, and to serve the President and the Kenya Kwanza Alliance, because they are the ones who nominated you. Make sure that you live up to their expectations and to the promises that you made to Kenyans. If you said that the hustlers’ fund will have no interest, please make sure that it will not. If you said that you will bring down the cost of unga in 100 days, do not tell us that you will now do it after a year. Thank you very much."
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