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    "speaker_name": "Eng. Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this Motion. I am happy that today we are debating the Commission on Administrative Justice. I support this Motion because I think it is important that we have a body that can restore confidence in the public service in Kenya. It is important that Kenyans know that when they complain somebody will be listening. Orderly conduct is important in any society but sometimes you get very frustrated. I think some of these frustrations you get them especially when you have an issue with our local authorities. I have discussed this with the Minister and we want to believe that somebody will now be listening. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we debate and approve these names, I think we should get away from the traditions of the past. In this country, the days when we were in high school, it was normal to find one person serving in three or four boards. I am concerned that a trend is emerging where we seem to be recycling people into commissions and I do not think it is good for the country. Let it be known that any Kenyan can serve in these commissions. When you find individuals moving from one commission to the other, I think it does not augur well for our country. The fact that we want to start a new life is not reflected. As I conclude, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee has done its work within a short time and that is commendable. However, I want the Committee to observe absolute fidelity to the law in vetting. I have looked at this Report and if you look at page 8 on Committee deliberations and observations, it says in part 15:- “In conducting the vetting process, the Committee examined the candidates against the criteria set out in Second Schedule of the Commission…That criteria requires the nominees to disclose information on their personal and professional life including political affiliations---”. When you look at the Report, it mentions in all the recommendations, “He/she has complied with tax obligations and has never been dismissed from office”. Why are we silent on political affiliation? We know that some of these fellows were politically affiliated before. Why are we not saying so? If that is what we should say, let us say it. If the Constitution says that you disclose, you should do so. Why is it in the Report but you are not saying it? Let us not do things in the manner they were done before. If somebody is politically affiliated, let the House be told. If it is about full disclosure, let it be about full disclosure. Let us not talk about other things and leave other things undisclosed. Doing so tends to give the impression that we are not being very candid in the Reports that we present to the House. With those remarks, I neither support nor oppose the Motion."
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