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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I rise to oppose this amendment. Yesterday, I said that even as we move the emotions of the day, we are legislating for the future. We should, therefore, not have any law that tries to take away the powers of the President and bring them through deeming provisions. As Mr. Muite has described it, it reduces the President to a \"gazetting clerk\". The role of the President, when Parliament has passed these appointments would purely be to gazette the names. Within the Act, the President carries out his job in two functions; one, as head of the Executive and two, as the Head of State. Parliament is one of the three arms of the Government. Parliament, can therefore, not purport to do everything on its own, including hiring people for the Executive and the entire State. It is co-operation between Parliament and the Executive. The Head of State endorses appointments on behalf of the people of Kenya. This body is supposed to be fighting corruption on behalf of the people of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, you may recall that yesterday we said that we do not even want the Government to sit in the Advisory Board. We want to have a very independent body that does its work, presents names to Parliament which then says: \"These are the people to be appointed\". Nobody is supposed to vet those people. Nobody knows why they were appointed and we then tell the President: \"You must sign these names or within 14 days, they become the officers and do the job under you\". We then hold the President responsible for the operations of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). I think here, we are failing in our legislative duties. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, we need to look at what is involved in the appointment of public servants. Beyond the vetting in Parliament in terms of technical qualifications, there is a security vetting that has to be done. There are tax compliance issues that have to be done. There are issues in terms of, \"does this person have any investigation taking place?\", as was the case with Dr. Rotich. In fact, when Dr. Rotich was cleared of the issues that were surrounding him, he was appointed the Deputy Secretary-General representing Kenya within the East African Community (EAC). He was appointed by the President! Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is not the person! It is the issues involved. At that point, there was a pending issue against Dr. Rotich. When that issue was cleared--- 3932 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 13, 2007"
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