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    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "for them by allowing every institution to offer the same courses that they offer. On this score, I oppose this Bill. This is not the right thing to do. The Bill proposes to give powers to the Commissioner-General to appoint Deputy Commissioners. Even if they went to the same institution that they have there, it taught them very basic rules on public or corporate management or governance. It is only the Board that can appoint the people who work under the person who runs any department. You cannot run a department and then you recruit all the people who work under you. There has to be a body that is mandated to recruit. The Government of Kenya has a Ministry that deals with recruitment. The Parliament of Kenya has the Parliamentary Service Commission that deals with recruitment. You cannot run an office and then you give yourself the power to appoint the people who work under you. That should be vested with the Board. On this score, I oppose the Bill. There is also a proposal in the Bill to give powers to the Cabinet Secretary to waive penalties. I have listened to the explanation that has been given by the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. That work can be done by the commissioners in Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). He said that the Cabinet Secretary can give a waiver because there may be some downtime and the agent cannot do certain things on time. That is an explanation that the commissioners can understand. It is making it seem like rocket science. That is basic common sense. If the systems fail, no one can make a payment. They cannot be punished. The person who can listen to that is a junior officer, but not a commissioner. On this proposed amendment, I believe that this Bill fails the test of time. I oppose this Bill. If you listened to the speakers before me, including the Mover and Seconder, they are quietly and in a veiled way opposing it. I request the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party to withdraw this Bill, so that we can do some serious business in the House. I submit, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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