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    "id": 194018,
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    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "If you compare the quality - and I did mention this early in the year when I and hon. Kabando wa Kabando were presenting our Report--- When you attend an international forum, immediately debate begins we have less participation by Kenyans. One wonders, is it because we did not prepare the Minister well, or it is because our Ministers are misplaced? This happens when we have misplaced appointments, where someone like me, who is a soil scientist, is appointed as the Minister for Security, for example, and I cannot dare go out to represent this country. I thank the hon. Member who has come up with this Motion. We need to have rationale as to why we must have a Minister in a certain Ministry. We must define the Ministries. We must also agree that whoever will be the Minister will represent this country, and not someone who wants to satisfy a region or a specific group of people, otherwise we will not be able to \"kill\" the bad culture that we are supposed to be \"killing\". Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Uganda has a very interesting scenario. We have been informed that Uganda has 21 Ministers. They have 300 hon. Members. They also have a cut-off point for who goes to Parliament. For one to be an hon. Member he or she must have a Form Six certificate. Why are they doing that? This is because they think the leadership must be able to speak on behalf of the country. When selecting leaders, unless you are very careful in the way you place them, they will not only not perform in this House--- Yesterday, the Chair ruled that we must have the right answers from the Cabinet. We also need people who can represent us in international fora. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to call upon the Mover to go ahead and grab---"
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