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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the first time I am hearing very interesting words like “the nominees lack initiative”. I would have expected this Committee to table a Report indicating complaints raised by various parties against particular nominees, and citing such as reasons for not finding particular nominees suitable for the job. However, in the entire Report, I do not see any justifiable reasons for rejection of these nominees, apart from the statements that the nominees lack passion and interest. That said and done, I would like to go ahead and try to find out what people say about these nominees, and in particular one nominee, namely Mumo Matemu. What do other people say about him? We, Members of Parliament, are not demi gods. We cannot look at hon. Githae and say that he has passion or look at hon. Munya and say that he does not have passion, because these hon. Members will have appeared before us only once. So, I bothered to go and find out what these people were. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in respect of Mumo Matemu, for example, in the first place, the Committee agrees in its own Report that all the nominees have had excellent careers and have excellent academic qualifications. That is what the Committee also did when they recommended the appointment of PLO Lumumba. In the Report that recommended the appointment of PLO Lumumba, they never spoke about passion. In fact, they never even spoke about career. They said that the Committee was satisfied that the three candidates had the requisite academic and professional qualifications for the positions under consideration. However, when it came to these other names, the Committee developed another thing. I just want to give an example of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). Mr. Mumo Matemu was nominated by KRA as a candidate to serve in the World Customs Organisation as Director, Tariffs and Trade Affairs, and the Authority said as follows:- “The Authority has confidence that Commissioner Matemu is competent and well suited to serve in the organisation.”"
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