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"speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the Attorney-General has clearly identified that at the point of the appointment, there was a pending investigation by the body where he was being proposed to be the Deputy Director. When that was cleared, he was appointed by the President to represent Kenya within the EAC. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with Dr. Rotich. We are talking about a process here. I think that is why we need to distinguish between a process and the person. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am not a lawyer but I am a lawmaker. The sections quoted within the Constitution are being selective. Every public servant holds office at the pleasure of the President. That is in the Constitution. How do we then start forcing the President that he must have a particular person. He can also use his powers within the Constitution to say: \"It is not my pleasure to have that person under my service\". Let us not create conflicts between the institutions of Government. Let us have proper equilibrium between Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary because KACC is such an important body. Never mind that we have removed all its powers. Never mind that we have mutilated all the powers that we had given it. In fact, I am not even sure what these people we are appointing will be doing after we have watered down all the laws that we had to create it. However, I would guide that we get back our collective thinking on this. Are we doing it to get even on some issues or are we doing it for posterity as we delete this provision by the Committee?"
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