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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I take note of the changeover. The detail of the name is there and then he jumped straight to his profession and says that he has 31 years of experience. I have scanned through that CV and there is nowhere that Mr. Kemei indicates the year of birth. I have said on the Floor of this House many times and I repeat it; I am a good and a long-standing journalist. One of the characteristics of a good journalist is to have the capacity to identify the story that is not being told. Before I take a vote on this matter, I would want to know the year of birth of one David Kibet Kemei. My fear is, perhaps, Mr. Kibet could be over 60 years of age. I have seen the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare summoning governors and demanding a list of all county employees, complete with their years of birth in order to know whether county governments are retaining people in office who are over 60 years of age. I want to see that year of birth of Mr. Kibet. This is so that we can determine the age of one Kemei and be sure that we are not recruiting a DG who is over age for the position as required by the law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I say this because just the other day, my driver, one Nguli Mutua, upon reaching 60 years of age, had to disengage with the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) because that is a law. It cannot be that there are some people or some cadres who have to exit public service and others who, for whatever privileges, are joining the public service or continue to serve when they are 60 years and above. I said this is a very important national office and still looking at the CV laid before the Senate by the Joint Committee, there have been loud conversations, about the origin of where certain people in certain offices come from. It is a requirement of the law and the Constitution, that a fair distribution of Government positions be seen to be happening. So, it is not just people from certain places who get certain jobs and other people from other places who cannot get those jobs. When I looked at Mr. Kemei's CV, I saw that he is a serious Kenyan with a lot of experience in Kenya and the United Kingdom in all manner of positions: chairperson of the board, director and lecturer; a person who has interacted with really the world. This is a citizen of the world. 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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