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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the hon. Sen. Cherarkey, the only Nandi Warrior that we know, for bringing this Bill, moving it so ably and explaining its parameters. It is my pleasure to second this very crucial Bill. Many years ago, as a young man, I was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly. In the first week of that election, we were brought into the House of the National Assembly and taken through orientation. I remember, the Speaker, hon. Ole Kaparo, personally taking us around the fields of the National Assembly. I, a man from Garsen Constituency, would then walk with the Speaker, hon. Kaparo and hear various MPs greeting other workers within the Parliament in their mother tongue. You would reach the dining hall and one MP would say “ atiriri ”; you go to one of the offices and you would hear another one say, “chamgei”. I then asked the Speaker, hon. Kaparo, when I would get a chance of greeting someone in Kipokomo in the vicinity of Parliament? The hon. Kaparo did not have an answer for me. I actually caused a lot of problems. One of the first Motions that I wrote and sought the Speaker’s approval on was that we must have ethnic diversity even in this Parliament at that time. I spoke very strongly. That is when the hon. Speaker called me aside and told me that there is a different way of doing it. He showed me what to do and we were able to find people from Tana River County now getting some employment opportunities through affirmative action. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, why am I giving this story? It is so as to say that balancing ethnic opportunities for employment is a sad thing. It affected even the National Assembly, when I was here the first time, as a young man. Balancing ethnic opportunities for employment in this country has been abused in the highest way possible. When I am speaking to this, I know, if you go to the National Public Service offices right now, and ask how many people from Tana River County are there, you will find very few. It is not idle talk when people say that we are, in fact, marginalized. This Bill is saying, going forward, all these national institutions including the county and national institutions, will have to be filing reports on the number of people who are employed from various ethnic communities. This is a very good Bill that I support with all my heart. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if today you go and ask how many Pokomos, Oromos, Wailwanas, Wardei’s and people from the minority communities in Tana River County are employed in this Government department, you will realise that you cannot find these people there. It is not that our people are not qualified or they are not able to do those The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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