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    "id": 1270808,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support this Bill having read through the amendments that the Member has brought to the House. If enacted, it is a very important Bill. It will bring equality in our country because nobody will be asking your gender or where you come from, because you are a Kenyan. It will also eliminate what we are seeing in the counties - employment of people from certain families and not from other families. It will give the discipline required of a governor or a County Public Service Board to choose people who are qualified and who deserve employment. It will also bring to an end concerns like some people saying it is their time to “eat meat” because they are on the table while others eat the bones. That mentality will end if we enact these amendments into law and follow them up to ensure that they are implemented. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Amendment Bill because I believe it is high time that, as a country, we brought our heads together to find ways of solving the problem of tribalism. We have divided ourselves into different tribes. In a conversation, you will find people saying that this government has not given their people anything. They say they have not been appointed to big positions. Such mentality will be a thing of the past if we follow the amendments contained in this Bill, put aside our differences and start to think Kenyan. We will employ Kenyans who are qualified and able to deliver services. You will go home satisfied when you go to public offices for services. A good employee will serve you. It will not matter which county the employee comes from. One can be employed to serve in Machakos County even if one comes from Garissa. You can be employed in Mombasa even if you come from Busia because we will be following the right track. I will give you an example of the people that I have seen being employed in other countries. You find that Kenyans have gone to the United States of America and they are not asked whether they come from Machakos County or Kajiado County. Provided you are qualified for the job that you have applied for, you are employed. Nobody wants to know your ethnicity or where you were born. All they want to know is that you are qualified and able to deliver on the job that you have applied for."
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