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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Bisau Kakai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a very important Motion. It is something that we have encountered severally in the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education, especially in our education institutions. However, the problem starts in this House and the Executive. When you look at the way appointments are being done, take an example of a vice- chancellor in a certain county, he or she comes from that particular community. We have seen situations where even Members from this House literally chase away some of the workers because they are not from their ethnic backgrounds. The problem is in this House. We are preaching water and taking wine. I have a simple question, but Hon. Kawanjiku has left the Chamber. We will start with ourselves. I know there are many Luhyas and Luos in his constituency who pick tea. In his National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Office, how many Luos and Luhyas does he have? The Deputy Leader of the Majority Party in Kilifi North and Hon. Mwashako in Wundanyi Constituency, how many Luhyas, Kikuyus and other different communities do they have in their offices? It starts with us. Secondly, I know my colleagues mentioned that charity begins at home. The Report should have started by stating the situation in the Parliamentary Service Commission. As we step out there, we should know exactly what is happening here. It starts with us. Picking from where I worked before I came here, the United Nations, we had the quota system. You pick the population based on the argument of Hon. Kawanjiku. For example, you say this is the population of Kenya and the Kikuyu community should be 17 per cent. When you are distributing jobs and it reaches that level, you freeze it. That way, you accommodate people so that every Kenyan feels as part of Kenya. I know Hon. Yusuf talked about the Canadian Association and the Employment Act. While I support this Report, it would have been important for us to have an action plan where we can say that this is how it should go."
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