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    "content": "The hon. Member who spoke earlier talked about physical fitness. I agree with that. These requirements have been a source of favouritism. In this country, this height business goes also with some ethnic groups. There are some areas where there are taller people than others. Are you saying that we are only going to be recruiting these kinds of people from certain ethnic groups and not others? By nature, some of the ethnic groups in this country are taller than others. So, we cannot do that. There are a number of issues that have arisen in the recent past, which even add to this. I thought that Mr. Kioni’s Motion should even have been broader than this. We are going to bring issues to this Parliament, where now in the recruitment into the National Youth Service, there is a requirement of a Certificate of Good Conduct by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). Last week, there were chaos at the CID Headquarters because that is the only place where these recruits must come from all over the country to obtain the Certificate of Good Conduct. Just take into account somebody, say, from Kapenguria, who is looking forward to going to college and requiring transport to come to Nairobi to get this certificate. I think that these conditionalities must be looked at in a broader way, so that we are reasonable when we are recruiting people into the disciplined forces. I agree with the amendment that there must be basic academic qualifications and also the mental and physical ability of somebody. But I think the issue of height should be gotten rid of. The criteria should be based on whether somebody can perform. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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