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"content": "political appointments especially in public service, must stop. Let somebody grow from the level of clerk to middle level manager to the level of running that organisation because they understand the challenges that face such an organisation. I am happy that Mr. Gerald Nyaoma Arita grew up within the rank and file of the financial sector and financial public service of this country. The only way we can inspire and encourage the public service to be vibrant is to allow people to grow within the rank and file of public service with ethics, being corruption free. I commend and thank the President for appointing him. I know many of the public servants in this country as we talk today will be happy and excited that one can grow in the public service sector until you reach such a level. Therefore, we should discourage political appointments in some of these parastatals. Let us allow public servants to grow within rank and file and head those institutions, so that we do not get people from nowhere to head some of these critical institutions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to also thank the Central Bank of Kenya because their work is to do monetary policy, financial surveillance among commercialists, and ensure regulation within the financial sector. Inflation has been stabilized and the economy is looking better than when President William Ruto took over in 2022. When the President was sworn in as the fifth President of the Republic of Kenya, Kenya was almost defaulting in payment of public debt, which is close to Kshs10.5 trillion Kenyan shillings. Every child that is born in this country owes the public debt Kshs201,000. The President has done well that there is no default of payment of public debt by his government. Therefore, I would like to ask Kenyans to be patient; that, in the next one or two years, this country will be flowing with honey and milk. This country will be “Canaan” through His Excellency the President William Ruto. I know to many people it sounds like a miracle, but it will be like a miracle that will have happened after 2,000 years since Jesus left this world. Let us give the President the chance and opportunity to transform the economy of this country. One of the critical factors in this is the Central Bank of Kenya. If they can do proper financial regulation, it will be critical. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to appeal to Kenyans, as they take to social media, which is their right, to be responsible. As a senior lawyer in this country, you know that freedom of expression has its boundaries. We therefore would like to ask Kenyans who use social media, that they have a right to criticize the Government, but they should do it factually. They should do it in a proper and hygienic way. Freedom of expression does not mean you insult or demean. You can still pass your message without demeaning, undermining, and insulting. So as Kenyans go to social media to criticize, they have the right to, but they should criticize it in a factual manner. Even as they criticize the negative things, they should also be saying the positive things that this Government of His Excellency President William Ruto has done. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, from the President’s address on the state of the nation, the Kenyan economy is looking more resilient than it was before. It is looking 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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