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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the Mover very carefully and I think he has a point in terms of the principle of the need to interrogate employment in the Public Service. Listening to him, I would have preferred that we do a proper audit, so that we can look at it from a point of view of a whole institution. For example, in a particular Ministry, how many people have been employed from each region? For example, if 700 people have been employed in a Ministry, out of those 700 people, then what are the regional considerations? If you name names, it becomes very exciting and political, but it is not factual. As a technocrat, I prefer to see the audit as a whole. September 12, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3841 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from that, we should also be looking at other issues. Apart from the regional criteria, it is important for us to look at qualifications, merit and the issue of gender. Also, apart from the issue of age, we need to consider, perhaps, in the future, reviewing our retirement age. Kenyans are now becoming healthier as they get older. We do not have a real exit strategy for those who are older. So, in terms of policy, we need to think about it in a larger way. I am concerned about looking at the issue of tribe all the time. This thing of ethnicity bothers someone like me. As I stand before you, am I a Kikuyu, an Indian, a Maasai or a Kamba? I have all that blood inside of me."
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