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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For clarity, I want to inform the whip that I am not Wamunyoro. My name is Sen. Joe Nyutu, the Senator for Murang’a County. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Orwoba regarding the exploitation that we are doing on our vulnerable youth. The major problem with this recruitment lies in the requirement for medical examination fees. We all went to school and we were all asked to take a medical certificate before admission. However, there is no instance where anybody was referred to a particular medical facility in order for them to get a medical fitness report. If this is going to continue, it must be done in a way that the employee is only required to produce a medical report without being referred to any particular facility, Mr. Speaker. The agents should not have anything to do with this medical fee. The prospective employee should go to any medical facility of their choice, preferably, a Government or public hospital to get the medical examination report. The agents should not have anything to do with this. The Cabinet Secretary must take responsibility. The National Employment Authority cannot muddy this process and the Cabinet Secretary does not take political responsibility. We know that some drivers were supposed to be engaged. They were to leave the country and be in Saudi Arabia by December last year. I know of a few who have not left in spite of having paid the medical fee and all the other fees. The Cabinet Secretary must take responsibility. We must stand here and ask the President to look at the competence of every Cabinet Secretary. Incompetence must not be seen to be residing in Mount Kenya such that the only cabinet secretaries who are incompetent are from Mount Kenya. Mr. Speaker, we must call out Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Alfred Mutua and we must tell the President to look at incompetence of every Cabinet Secretary regardless of where they come from. I submit that incompetence does not reside in Mount Kenya. It must be dealt with wherever those that are incompetent come from. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I submit."
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