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    "id": 1412664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " I am a responsible leader. However, I must protect the dignity of this House as a leader here. We must not, as a House, allow ourselves to be lobbied by busy bodies of businessmen and women out there to reject a report by a Committee of this House after they have done a lot of work to vet all the nominees, including those who had issues with the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC). Members who have bothered to read the Committee's Report will see some of the issues that were raised and how the Committee addressed them. Therefore, when the Committee resolves to reject a nominee on the basis of that nominee's competence to the position that they have been nominated to, we must give respect to this Committee and its Members who are honourable Members, that they have done their work on. We were all watching on television. I must thank you, Hon. Speaker and the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) for making it possible for all those vetting processes to be broadcast live on television, so that Kenyans can vindicate this House when we reject a nominee. I even support the rejection of Charles Githinji Keiru as Consul-General for Goma. Goma is not a small station, and you have been Minister for Foreign Affairs and you know it. Goma is a very important station in our region and in the East African Community. The person that we send to represent the people of Kenya must be somebody whose competence is not questionable. He or she must be somebody that we have confidence in as a House to represent the people of Kenya and is the best. I support the Committee’s Report on the rejection of Charles Githinji Keiru and the recall of all consuls-general who, in the last regime, were posted to stations without going through vetting. Our Constitution requires that this House vet even consuls-general. I support the Report in its totality so that we approve those that the Committee has agreed we approve, reject those that have been proposed for rejection and recall those that are being recalled as recommended. I beg to support."
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