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    "id": 1477939,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "know him. I do not even care to know him and I do not even care about where he comes from. All I care about is the process of the recruitment of Mr. David Kibet Kemei, who is a nominee for appointment to the position of Director General of the Competition Authority of Kenya. It concerns me that a recruitment has been done, not for any other authority, but for a Competition Authority where in its rightful word, we must see a competitive process that is open to all other Kenyans. It is not my saying; the Mover of the Motion was very indicative that there was only one name. We all know the rightful process of recruitment. There has to be a selection process and if you arrive with one name, then the question is, who are these he was competing with? I have heard hon. Sen. Cherarkey mention a lot of the competencies of Mr. David Kemei to the extent that the Senator of Nandi County says he has everything. I do not know what everything means. The report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget talks about Mr. Kemei being a lecturer, financial analyst and credit controller, but there are other lecturers, financial analysts and credit controllers he could have competed with. We must know where we are coming from. In some of these country’s sectors, jobs have been advertised with some people in mind. It must be indicated that I said I do not know him. I do not have to know him, but there must be a competitive recruitment process. I would expect that an appointment would be made for a position of the Chair, because that is indicated. However, for a director general, I must see a competitive process that gives other Kenyans room to compete with Mr. David Kibet Kemei. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, just two or three months ago, we had a scene in this country that culminated into a breach of the Parliament Grounds. If we listened properly to the young people that were demonstrating, there was a message they were passing to all of us. I agree with the sentiments of Sen. Chute. I once read a book called, A Man of the"
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