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    "id": 1461833,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1461833/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Makilap",
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    "content": "County, where we did not have any cabinet secretary. We expect nominee Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Joho, to serve all Kenyans. Cabinet secretaries that shall get the favour of this House shall diligently serve the appointing authority, the President and the people of Kenya. That is underlined: They are not supposed to serve their party leaders but the President, who is the appointing authority, and the people of Kenya. Cabinet secretaries that showed performance were rewarded. I come from a county that has been ravaged by banditry. Kindiki is a professor of law, but he has excelled in security. Today, the people of Baringo are able to sleep because of the time he has spent in the bush. Most of the time, you will find him across Kenya. I call upon the cabinet secretaries, if they find favour from this House, to understand the technocrats who work in the ministries. They should not overrun them or ignore the Members of Parliament who have spent a lot of time approving them and later on try to disobey what we present to them. We are the peoples’ representatives. We represent the interests of the people. Any Member of Parliament who will go to any office of the cabinet secretary, will no longer be business as usual. The business now is to serve the people of Kenya in a manner that will please Kenya and bring prosperity to this nation. This nation was not thriving, but this is an opportunity to correct all the wrong things, including opulence, so that Kenyans can get the people to serve them. Finally, the Government is big…"
}