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    "id": 1461942,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": "appointments. I am happy that my friend, Hon. John Mbadi, is going to be the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning. The cabinet secretaries come from certain regions, but they are not supposed to work only for those regions. The Cabinet that was dissolved had some cabinet secretaries who were notorious for turning their offices into their ethnic enclaves such that if you visit a cabinet secretary’s office, you would find him or her very busy with people from their villages. I urge the new cabinet secretaries who are coming on board that, even though they come from particular regions, they must understand that they are going to serve the people of Kenya. We had a particular Cabinet Secretary from my region whom, every weekend, would distribute relief food from one village to the next. I asked him to ensure that he serves the people of Kenya. I am happy that, that Cabinet Secretary has not been retained. The cabinet secretaries who are coming on board should ensure that they serve the people of Kenya. Secondly, talking of opulence and wealth declaration, Kenyans have said the vetting process did not question the nominees about their sources of wealth. They only came and said: “I am worth Ksh500 million.” We know most of the nominees, how they lived and how they have been living. If tomorrow they begin to have a certain lifestyle we do not understand, then we will have to question them. We know some of the cabinet secretaries who have been removed from the Cabinet. They were people who were just eating omena and madondo with us but, suddenly, they began to eat at Serena Hotel and dress expensively upon being appointed to the Cabinet. That is the question that we need to ask as a House. Lastly, the President took some of our Members into his Cabinet. I want to agree with my party leader that some of the Members who were taken from our side are experts. We watched the vetting exercise live and I am convinced that the four Members from the Orange Democratic Movement Party demonstrated capability and competence. I know that they are going to serve Kenyans well. I wish them well as they take over those ministries. Thank you."
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