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"content": "proud of that heritage, that he belongs to the Embu Sub-tribe. Sen. Wambua is proud that he is from the Kamba Community, and Sen. Faki, the same. In making appointments to public bodies, parastatals, Principal Secretaries, or Cabinet Secretaries, everybody, and all tribes want to see that they are represented. You cannot tell me that the Kalenjin will sit easily if they see President Ruto appointing Cabinet Secretaries and there is not even a single Kalenjin. They will not sit easy. They will question and say, where is our representation in the national Government? So, it is the same way when I see appointments in parastatals. When I want to go down the list and see who is heading what, I also want to see that the Omogusii nation has a cake. I am sure Sen. Munyi Mundigi wants to see that the Embu people have a cake. He is proud of my good friend, Hon. Justin Muturi, who is a Cabinet Secretary. If we touch him, I am sure Sen. Munyi Mundigi will be up on his feet. So, we want to see that as Kenyans, all of us, 47, have a share. We just want a small share of the cake because we want to build a strong nation. When I see you, as a Senator of Garissa County, I look at you as my brother, my Kenyan brother. I do not look at you as a Muslim from Garissa. That is the way I look at Sen. Wambua, the way I look at Sen. Munyi Mundigi. When he invites me to his house to have a meal, I go to the house of my brother to have a meal. That is the spirit we need to have in this House. When we see a name, we should not have the kind of debate we have seen this afternoon, where people are feeling that a certain tribe is getting a bigger share of the cake than the other. Let us promote brotherhood and oneness so that we build one Kenya that we are all proud of. If you go to Somalia, 90 years ago, Somalia was a strong nation, but just competition among clans is what destroyed Somalia; a country that has huge potential but just that competition for who has what position, who is controlling what, is what destroyed Somalia. We do not want to reach there; we do not want to go there. Our diversity should be our strength, you know. So, if the Public Service Commission is watching, let them not subject themselves to these kinds of doubts that we have seen this afternoon. On my fourth point, there are constitutional bodies in this country that have been given prominence in our Constitution. We have Chapter 6 of the Constitution where we have created a body called the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). That is the body that is tasked with ensuring that Chapter 6 is complied with. Before, we had the Constitution of Kenya 2010, and you could appoint anybody to public office. There was no requirement from any public entity that you go to EACC and get a clearance. There was nothing. You could be a crook, but as long as the President has said you get an appointment, you get it. However, there was a paradigm shift in 2010, and we said we want integrity to be an integral part of our national ethos and values and our leadership. That is why any time you are seeking a public appointment, you will be told to go to the EACC to seek clearance. What worries me in this Report is that I have tried to look at the meat in the conclusion of the Committee, I cannot get it. There is just a mention on page 33 that 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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