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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is even more embarrassing that sometimes we send Questions to Ministries and Ministers have come here to tell us those Questions are not in their dockets. They request us to send them to the right dockets even when they understand the dockets of their neighbours. That is why we supported the Motion by hon. Mungatana that Ministers must be given clear training and guidelines on where there are serving. We said there is also a mix-up in the way the Ministers are appointed in this country. Anybody becomes a Minister for anything. For example, a lawyer can easily be appointed as a Minister for Health. That is unheard of. It is one thing that we must learn from Rwanda. We, as Kenyans, always say we do not want to be compared with Rwanda. However, when it comes to the Cabinet, we must learn from Rwanda. There is no mix- up. They have clear definitions of who is a Minister and who should occupy that position. It is my hope that when we come to the Constitution review, we will be able to move these issues of Ministers out of this House. We should have Ministers who are nominated from outside Parliament who should be people who can serve because of the professional qualifications that they have. This Bill also brings in the issue of qualifications. We have many Kenyans with very good qualifications. So, it is important that we actually remove the issue of Ministers out of Parliament, so that people do not have divided loyalties; loyalties to the Ministry and loyalties to their constituents. So it is very important we define who should be a Minister and what offices can be held as Ministries."
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