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"content": "whose education level is in question. We must set the ball rolling. We must say enough is enough! Parliament must assert its authority. Parliament must set the rules, procedure and process of appointing people to higher offices. Those we appoint to big posts, including the Cabinet, must be answerable to this House and not individuals in the Executive as has happened with Justice Aaron Ringera. Those of us who come from marginalized communities have been the punching bags of political parties. Even after the vigorous elections, after they take votes from our people, when they come to form the Government, we are given lesser departments like the Ministry of Livestock and the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands, when their people and communities take crucial Ministries like the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and all those people who are responsible for the security agents come from one region and one community. Those who are in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance, which is supposed to distribute resources in the Grand Coalition Government, come from one region, one community and from one village. If Parliament had the authority to vet their appointments, as this Bill stipulates, then that unfairness would have been corrected. I want to agree with my friend, hon. Ethuro, that days have come when the resources of this country, the political leadership and power has to be equitably distributed. Every Kenyan, irrespective of his religion, background and race should be given fair hearing and judgment as a Kenyan. That can only be done by this august House, but not by somebody who sits in State House or by somebody in the name of the Prime Minister or the Vice President of this country. Time has come when this country must walk the talk and put in place a constitutional dispensation that supports setting up of institutions that will give us checks and balances. On the issue of Part III of this Bill, Section 6(2)(a), the Bill has a provision that any transfer in the Cabinet that the President will make has a time limit of 90 days. That is why from the time when hon. Mungatana resigned as an Assistant Minister for Medical Services, more than 90 days later, the Executive still feels that the Ministry of Medical Services does not need an Assistant Minster. Yes, if the Bill comes into existence, we will know whether we needed it or not. Finally, the most fundamental of all this is the Clause that talks about integrity. Some of us joined politics not by default. Some of us are in this House because the people who chose us felt that we had what it takes. However, when you come to this House, you find Ministers, Assistant Ministers and other senior positions in Government being headed by people whose integrity, morally and ethically, is in question. We then wonder where the rain started beating this country. Today, we have reached a stage where--- I want to thank my colleagues in this House, because of what has been going on for the last 10 days. Days have come when Parliament that represents the people of this country must say that it has the moral authority to scrutinize people who want to hold Cabinet offices in this country. The integrity of those people, both morally and ethically, must be put on the Table of this House for us to give a clean bill of health. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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