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    "id": 1276988,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Migori County, IND",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": "are not given equal opportunities like other Kenyans. I recommend that they also be considered. Equally, there are good disabled people who have gone to school, who have very good papers, but unfortunately, they are not given an opportunity to serve in this country. The youth equally have an issue with the 10, 15, or 20 years’ experience that is a requirement in job advertisements. A young man or young woman who has just left university has no experience other than the experience of class. We lock them out and end up giving jobs to people who have bad experience that does not add value to the office that they are employed. They have said in the Report that there are incompetent officers yet they have worked for years. Why not give our youth an opportunity to work by not asking for several years of experience when some of them were not even born or some were in school? On the issue of constructions taking too long to complete, it is as a result of corruption. Institutions collude with contractors so that payment is delayed. In the contract, there is usually a clause that says that once you delay payment for a particular amount of time, they should take the matter to court so that they are paid interest. When the matter is taken to court, Kenyans lose their money because the case takes a long time to conclude. Eventually the contractor is awarded. By the time he starts working again, the award is even more than the contract itself. He starts working and when they are unable to pay him, he again runs back to court and the work is never completed in the agreed time. The officers know quite well that this is the problem, but they continue doing it. It happens more in our counties. A contractor who has no capacity to do some work is given a job and takes a small issue to court to buy time. Lawyers are paid for appearance and the county loses money because the project stalls. Eventually the court awards, this goes round in circles and we end up losing our money. On the issue of one tribe occupying certain offices, it is one thing we can talk about from morning to evening. It is a sad story. I thank God that the people and the students who were in the galleries in this House have left. Had the students heard this, I think they would have stopped going to school tomorrow. Truly, it is unfortunate that one tribe, without shame, or fear of God, can be employed in one particular office. I am not referring to the Kalenjin only. It happens even to Kikuyu, Luo, and other major tribes. The tribes that suffer most are the minority. Look at the Kuria. How many are employed in the Government? I think one. Look at the Pokot, the Mijikenda, and other minorities. Because they do not have sisters or brothers in big positions, they do not get job opportunities. But if a Mijikenda is given an opportunity to serve, the secretary will be a Mijikenda and the officers below will be occupied by members of the same tribe. We need to sober up as Kenyans and debate and not just blame other tribe only. We should also blame our tribes. All tribes are equal. Let us go back to what the Bible and the Quran teach us. Brotherhood is not only where you are called Otieno and she is Atieno, or where you are Kamau and she is Wanjiku. A brother is a brother as long as you share the same country. Let us give all Kenyans an opportunity to serve in this country. We are having incompetency because as tribe A, I just want to employ my tribesmen. A Member told me, and I am sorry to say, that Kalenjin have been out of power for too long. So, it is about “give us an opportunity to employ our people.” I feel sad when I hear such statements. As a Luo, I have never had a Luo president. When will I get an opportunity to employ Luo or a Somali? I find it sad when a Kenyan thinks like that…"
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