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    "speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Cabinet Secretary for the exposition of the fact that he wants to change the face of military recruitment. That is a very good admission as well as a good way forward for the Cabinet Secretary. I speak on behalf of many of the parents. I raised this Question based on what is happening in the villages where I come from. Parents are selling land, and there is a price already for the job. What the Cabinet Secretary said is good, but I want it implemented. It is very easy to speak, but the young people that are agitated and worried want a voice that speaks for them. That is the voice Hon. Lotee is giving you today. Two, you talked about marginalisation. You said that positions will be given because of the sub-counties, counties, and sub-locations. I wish the Cabinet Secretary could note that even within the allocations, there are people who are marginalized. For example, if you go to a place like Kacheliba, powerful people will come to take those jobs from them because they are weak. I want the Cabinet Secretary to assure this House and Kenyans about what he has said today; there is no bribery. The challenge is that when we tell people not to bribe, they do not do it. However, the other person bribes and his child goes through military recruitment. The one who did not bribe will be disadvantaged. It is the Cabinet Secretary's mandate to ensure that no person will be recruited because of bribery. I wish to say this on behalf of these Members who are the representatives of the people: can they be allowed, alongside the EACC and the DCI, to be within the precincts of the recruitment centre, so that they can also be an eye to report to this House, should there be malpractices."
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