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    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": "can vouch for this man because I have known him for many years. In his previous capacity, he served this country as a Deputy Commissioner in the KRA. As the Chair of the Committee said, he has all the qualifications. They have checked everywhere and realised or confirmed that he is fit for the position to which he is nominated. The State Department for Public Investment and Asset Management he has been taken to is important and needed by our country. It is one of the newly created state departments. As you are aware, this country has many assets that need to be revived for the benefit of Kenyans. Some of them have malfunctioned, while others have died. We do not even have a proper register of the country's assets. Today, the people Migori I represent in this House are pleased that His Excellency the President has given one of us an opportunity to serve this country. Kenyans will get the services they need through the man called Mr. Cyrell Odede. He is also a social worker. I remember he did much social work in Migori at the KRA. He has been a chair of boards of management of many schools. He has helped the community to the extent that we thought he could do a better job if given another opportunity. I am happy that the appointing authority, in their wisdom, also realised and pointed out that this kind of person will serve the country at a higher level if given an opportunity. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is how we want to move our country—where people who never thought they would serve this country in positions of Principal Secretaries, Cabinet Secretaries, and other presidential appointments are given an opportunity. I know people like Mr Cyrell who had lost hope. They never thought the national Government would ever see them. They would have been rotting in Migori with the kind of knowledge they possess. The Committee has now confirmed that these people will reform these places. I thank the Leader of the Majority Party because he has played a key role in ensuring this country moves in its current direction. The Leader of the Majority Party has been consulting me as the Leader of the Minority Party and asking how many experts are remaining. We are in thorough consultations with the Leader of the Majority Party anytime he thinks an expert is required. I normally get his phone calls even at 1.00 a.m. or 2.00 a.m. He asks me, \"Do you think there is an expert in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) who can help issues in government?\" Leader of the Majority Party, continue with that kind of mindset. Who knows? You might become our President in the near future. Who knows? Only God knows. The Leader of the Majority Party has shown leadership in that light. I am happy we as a country are moving in the direction where every Kenyan feels they have a chance to serve their nation. Every Kenyan feels that they can serve in any position in this country. That is where we are not told that we are either shareholders or not. With this kind of appointment, that nonsense has ended in this country. When it came out, the list of the new Principal Secretaries covered the whole Republic. Appointees came from the Coast, Kilifi, Migori, Kisumu, Samburu, Kajiado, Mount Kenya, and all other areas. We are passing a list with faces from all the regions of this country. Going forward, we want that kind of nation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, Suna people are not small. That is where I come from. We have never had a Permanent Secretary since Independence. You know, some communities here speak and say they have been forgotten. I just keep quiet. They do not know that we have also been forgotten. We have been in the trenches of opposition. I think that is why we have been segregated and discriminated for all this time. Finally, things have changed because people who never thought they could serve this country are now being put forward to serve this country. That can only happen under the leadership of a broad-based Government, not previous leaderships. They have forgotten other Kenyans. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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