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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "never retreated on what he said in Kakamega; that the Cabinet Secretary must resign or he should be fired. I agree with that part. It also it brings me conflict of interest because they are my neighbours and I know they love tea. Anyway, that is a conversation we can have in future. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you will become the Governor of Kakamega. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the names. Looking at the names with this obsession of tribalism and anything, I can see this is the face of Kenya. I thank the Chairman, Capt. Roba for this. One can see Sophie Muturi, CPA Abdullahi Mohamed Abdi, Beatrice Kosgei, and David Simpson Osawa Owour. This is the face of Kenya. It is sad, and I wish the Chair of the Committee on National Cohesion and Regional Integration was here. There are some boards in this country that can converse in their local dialect. This Central Bank of Kenya Board is very critical. Under Article 10 on principles, values of good governance, we must see the face of Kenya. I challenge the Committee of National Cohesion and Integrity to give us the ethnic arithmetic and combination of the boards and the Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) we have in this country. You will be shocked. I am happy that the Teachers Service Commission Chief Executive Officer position has been finally advertised. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) was becoming the face of ineptitude, inefficiency, moribunds and corruption. Politicians were actually dishing TSC employment letters in funerals and other forums. It was embarrassing. We must run boards professionally, within the law and with integrity. As they recruit the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the TSC, I hope that we will get somebody with integrity. I am happy the Chairperson of the Committee on Education is seated in the House. Let us get the correct person: a person of integrity. We do not want somebody like the current CEO, who has been the face of inefficiency. Teachers are now suffering. In fact, they cannot access their health insurance just like the police. I am happy there are teachers in this House like Sen. Ogola. Actually a number of people here have been teachers. That is why boards must be constituted in a proper manner. Section 10 of CBK Act is very clear. We have seen banks declaring devilish and unholy profits after every financial year without telling us how much are they paying the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Members of Parliament (MPs) who are seated here will tell you that taking a bank loan in this country is not a walk in the park. I was speaking to a businessman the other day and he told me that he took loan from a certain bank at 14 per cent but they renegotiated and it became expensive at 21 per cent. I am a Board Director in our Parliamentary Sacco and I can tell you that most MPs take our loans because they are cheaper than commercial banks. What is happening? You will hear Equity Bank, Standard Bank, ABSA Bank declare Kshs20, 80 or even Kshs100 billion pre-tax. I want to challenge the Board, in their oversight role to tell"
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