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    "id": 1418843,
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    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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    "content": "(Hon. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki): My good neighbor at home, Sen. Wambua, is correct. He has not ambushed me this time. The only clarification I will make for ethical reasons is that he has said that I was part of the people who pushed for this sub-county. However, he has forgotten to clarify that, I did so before I became a cabinet secretary. I was in active politics and generally, that is where I come from. It was also a deserving case. Sen. Wambua and I, as Senators from the two counties, were very critical in trying to make sure that area is given an additional sub-county. I thank Sen. Wambua for the support he gave towards that process as well. At the moment, I am not allowed to push for anything, I am allowed to only serve and push Kenya forward as a whole. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just like many sub-counties which have been established, it is true that, it takes time before all the agencies and departments realise and actualise the need for their autonomy and grant them the fair allocation of their resources including, recruitment into the public service. Therefore, it is unfortunate that incident happened. I request the Senator for Kitui County and any other Senator, who has a similar situation in their county, to let us know when there is any agency that is recruiting and they feel that there is a sub-county has not been factored yet the sub-county is already established, given a code and is operational. This is because some of the public officers who prepare those advertisements may not be up to date with the recent developments in terms of creation of new units. Sometimes, it not their fault. Let us work together and make sure that we do not have a repeat of that. I assure the Senator for Kitui County, the people of Kitui and particularly the Sub- County of Tharaka Thagishu that, all recruitment for all agencies, ministries and departments in the public service will factor in this sub-county because it is an operational and autonomous sub-county that should be treated as such. 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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