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    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this Motion for the adoption of the Fourth Report of the Committee on Appointments on the approval hearings of nominees for appointment as cabinet secretaries. Hon. Speaker, as the Leader of the Majority Party has alluded to, I sit in the Select Committee on Appointments that you chair, where I interacted with the three nominees for appointment as cabinet secretaries. I realised that people who have been elected by Kenyans as Members of County Assemblies, Members of Parliament or governors are tried and tested and can show leadership when required, compared to those who have not held elective position. I am not saying that because I have been elected several times. The three nominees have demonstrated immense knowledge and experience in handling public affairs because some of them managed some of the largest counties in the country. Hon. Lee Kinyanjui was the Governor of Nakuru County, which is one of the largest counties in the country, even in terms of population. That has given him a lot of experience from what I saw when he appeared before the Committee. Hon. Kabogo has also managed one of the largest counties. The Leader of the Majority Party testified that he did a good job when he was Governor. That has given him a lot of experience. The other nominee was the Senator for Nyeri County and a Cabinet Secretary at a very difficult time when this country was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. He handled it very well and many lives were saved. Public service has imparted a lot of knowledge and experience to the three gentlemen. I do not think there could be better people to serve in those ministries than the three gentlemen. I have said many times that public service is a calling. You should do it as long as you have been given the opportunity, Leader of the Majority Party. However, when the time comes and you feel that the Executive that you are part of, and the President and Government that you are serving, are not compatible with your policies or beliefs, the best thing to do is to resign. Do not bring commotion or unnecessary fights within the Government. Be man enough and declare that it is enough, you do not think that what is happening is what you came to do, and for that reason, you want to leave. It is only in African societies and democracies where somebody disagrees with the policies of a government or what is happening in the government but still wants to stay there. To do what? Someone told me that if you give an African man the keys to a washroom and tell him to use the washroom and bring the keys back, he will put them in his pocket and tell you to inform him when you need them so that he gives them back to you."
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