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    "id": 1461962,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. At the outset, allow me to support the Report of the Committee on Appointments as relates to the approval of the 19 cabinet secretary nominees and the rejection of one. As the foremost political leader of Maendeleo Chap Party (MCCP), allow me to thank His Excellency the President for retaining our founding party leader, Hon. Dr. Alfred Mutua in his second Cabinet as the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection. I said so being well aware of the role of Parliament under Article 94 of our Constitution, and the role of the National Assembly under Article 95 of the Constitution. Part of our mandate is to raise the concerns of our people. Hon. Speaker, I want to address the cabinet secretary nominees, whose appointment we are approving today. I want them to appreciate the fact that their work is cut out. We are churning out three million young people every year into the job market, and those young Kenyans want jobs. It is the role of the Cabinet to, very urgently, create jobs for those young people. In order for that to happen, the economy must grow by a double digit. Therefore, they have no time for luxury. The role of Parliament is to oversee them, making sure that no corruption takes place and that the cabinet secretaries do not slumber in their comfort zones. They should not sit in their offices and fail to move around the country to do what they are supposed to do. We want to encourage them, as they do their job, to also understand that Parliament must do its job so that all of us can serve the people of Kenya. With those remarks, I beg to support with the rider that Parliament will do its job so that Kenyans are served to the maximum."
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