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    "id": 244196,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, whereas we appreciate what the Committee had in mind, their attention was not drawn to the provisions of State Corporations Act. That Act makes it mandatory for the Minister in charge to be 1908 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 6, 2006 represented on any Board. It also makes it mandatory for the Attorney-General to be represented in the Board. That also applies to the Minister for Finance. I am sure that, if the attention of the Committee was drawn to that, they would not have come up with this amendment. Secondly, including the Kenya Navy Commander in the Board is going to politicise our armed forces. We are very proud of our armed forces. There is also confusion between navy matters and merchant matters. This Act is dealing with merchant shipping. It has nothing to do with our armed forces. With regard to NEMA, it is the co-ordinator of all environmental matters. If you put it on the board of a corporation which it supervises, we will see a conflict of interest. In fact, it will water down their role as the overall protector of our environment. The same argument applies to the Fisheries Department. The Kenya Maritime Authority officers supervise fishing. They supervise facilities, construction, equipment and fishing vessels. Having them on the Board will dilute their role. They might be opposed to some of the measures introduced by the Kenya Maritime Authority. In fact, it is like asking matatu operators to be on the Transport Licensing Board (TLB). We are saying that, that is not necessary and we oppose the amendment."
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