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    "id": 1510548,
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    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First and foremost, I thank the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for the good and well-articulated Report. At the outset, I support the approval of Mr Abdi Ahmed Mohamud as the CEO of the EACC. The candidate has worked at the EACC for a number of years. He has grown through the ranks to become the Deputy CEO of the same institution. That gives hope to many Kenyans that one can rise from the bottom all the way up and be recognised and appointed. Mr Abdi has previously served as an investigator. He has never had any integrity issues as he performed his duties. Mr Abdi is soft-spoken, but I know that he can bite. I want to echo what other Members have said on the issue of the powers of the EACC to prosecute. I remember some time back, there were issues between the DPP and the EACC. The work of the EACC is to provide the DPP with files containing their investigative findings. That means they do not have prosecutorial powers. However, we need to remember that the EACC has recovered a number of properties over the years, whose value was to the tune of billions of shillings. That docket was under Mr Abdi Ahmed Mohamud. I know that Mr Ahmed will be able to perform his duties as the CEO. He is an insider at the EACC. I am 100 per cent sure that he will be able to do his work very well. I want to urge this House to support individuals who have risen through the ranks in various institutions for promotion and appointment to various positions. We have previously made noise in this House about people being brought from other institutions to head certain institutions; about which they had no history or knowledge. Mr Abdi has vast knowledge of the EACC. Prior to this nomination, he was the Deputy CEO, just a heartbeat away from the CEO's position. That tells you that he performed very well as the Deputy CEO and can still perform as CEO. With those few remarks, because I am sure many Members want to contribute, I want to urge this House to support the nomination of Mr Abdi Ahmed Mohamud as our next CEO of the EACC. I also urge him to do his work well and ensure that even with his soft-spoken nature, he fights corruption in this country."
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