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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for granting me this opportunity. I want to clarify as a Member of the Committee that the points of argument by the Senator for Marsabit County are permissible in this House. That is the meaning of debate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, the issues he is conversing never came before the Committee. What came before us were two issues that were raised by the youth of the Republic of Kenya through their leadership and the EACC. The youth raised the issue of age, which we considered and the EACC brought in the issue of when Mr. Kibet was serving at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC). EACC, in writing, excused him. When we pursued the issue of age, indeed, Mr. Kibet is 59 plus a few months old this year. We were almost tempted to refuse him because he is approaching 60 this year, but on further scrutiny, we found that the advertisement did not use age as a reason to disallow the candidate. Let it be understood that we are alive to this matter. The only thing that the nomination required of us was to establish his suitability based on competence. He is very competent. For God's sake, if we go to the root of how many Muslims and Kalenjins are in public service, we will blow up our country. Let us just agree that mistakes have been made and keep on making corrections. There are many Muslims in senior positions than other people. The fact that The President, His Excellency Dr. William Ruto is a Kalenjin does not mean that other Kalenjin professionals should not be given jobs. We can only ask the President and the Public Service Commission (PSC) that where they want to give jobs based on communities, let them always remember that the President being a Kalenjin, he collectively holds a very big position in trust of other people. They should remember Kalenjins with the other communities. 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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