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    "id": 149791,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lagat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 64,
        "legal_name": "Elijah Kiptarbei Lagat",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are well aware that every five years, we go for elections in Kenya. It is at that time that Kenyans introduce all profiles of people to this Parliament. It is from these people that the President makes his choice of Ministers. You must have noted that when the current President and all the previous Presidents make such appointments, they do not pay much attention to the qualifications of such Members of Parliament as elected by the people of Kenya. They do not even call for their CVs. We have seen in the past people in this country holding very serious ministerial positions with very little qualification in form of education. You will even notice that in the current Cabinet, we have people with very basic education, running very huge budgets as CEOs of Ministries. It is on this understanding that I support the Motion that we must induct them. I want to support the view that such inductions shall not last for two hours. Actually, these Ministers should be taken through an induction of more than two months, so that they can come out being able to run the Ministries professionally. We want them to be able to allocate their resources correctly. We want them not to allocate resources, like it is done now; resources are allocated using the voting pattern. For example, if the President is from PNU, resources will be allocated equitably on the strength of PNU votes countrywide. It is for this reason that we want to induct these Ministers. We are want to make them know that they are Kenyans and that when you become a Minister, you are serving the whole country."
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