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    "id": 1264439,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sarah Korere",
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        "legal_name": "Sara Paulata Korere",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support the nomination of the candidate. I happen to sit in the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs, and the appointment of this lady to the position of Principal Secretary is really a bottom-up approach because she started as a secondary school teacher and climbed all the way to where she is now. She has quite a wealth of knowledge, and she is hardworking. She merits the appointment. However, as a leader from a minority community, I am a bit sceptical. If the current trend in appointment of people to public office continues, I am afraid that the minority communities will not claim to have a stake in this Government. I say this without fear of contradiction because I know that His Excellency the President is in that position today because he got votes from the majority parts of this Republic. If all the main public appointments go to only two major communities of this country, then many of us are left with questions. Are we really part of this country? Are our people targeted? Why are they being punished? The other day we approved the appointment of the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya. I personally have a lot of reservations unless somebody proves me wrong. It looks like for anybody to become the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya in this country, one must be from a particular region. It is very painful to see our people on lists of shortlisted candidates just to serve as pacesetters in the race. I plead with the President to kindly remember the minority communities in his appointments. Hon. Speaker, when I first came to this House, I was nominated by the United Republican Party (URP), courtesy of the current President himself, meaning that he has an eye and an ear for the minority communities in this Republic. As a Member elected from one of the minority communities, I must say that we were forgotten completely in the last 10 years by the last two administrations. This is the only President whom the minority communities have some hope in. The last time the minority communities saw some light in this country was during the reign of the late Daniel Toroitich arap Moi. I know that our current President is a very good student of Moi. I am, therefore, hopeful that the minority communities will have some stories to tell during his reign."
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