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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we have agreed with my friend, hon. Ojode, this House needs to bring Kenyans together. History will judge us harshly if we, as the Ninth Parliament, start talking about tribalism in this country. I want to challenge any hon. Member in this House that if he or she has any evidence to show tribalism in appointments, and he or she wants me to help as the Minister of State for Public Service, let him or her bring that information to my Ministry and we are prepared to help. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned, it has taken the Inter-Ministerial Task Force three months to complete what I have tabled here, because they have been dealing with over 700,000 staff. If we allow the formation of the Select Committee, which hon. Ojode is asking for, it is going to take more than six months to complete its work. As we know, we are soon going for the general elections. I wonder whether they will do that work when they are outside there campaigning to be re-elected. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with hon. Muturi that in future, we should be bringing annual reports to this House where hon. Members will have an opportunity to scrutinise all those people who have been employed within that particular year. If there will be anything that hon. Members would want the Ministry to deal with, we will be prepared to deal with it. Therefore, a law is supposed to be enacted to vet some of the appointments by this august House. Even if you look at the constitution of the Public Service Commission, it provides for two members from every province who sit in that Commission. Therefore, hon. Members are also encouraged to talk to the commissioners where they feel, really, that the Government is not handling things in the proper way. Also, we have a Departmental Committee which is in charge of Health, Housing, Labour and Social Welfare. I am told that the Chairman is Dr. Manduku. That Committee can also go through or scrutinise all the appointments in the public sector. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to continue responding to the Motion because we have resolved that we should not form this Select Committee now. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose the Motion. I am sure that my good friend, hon. Ojode, is also going to oppose it, as we have agreed, so that we give directions to Kenyans in a good mood."
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