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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Midiwo",
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        "legal_name": "Washington Jakoyo Midiwo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to reject this Report largely for the same reasons that have been advanced by hon. Khalwale. The issue of meritocracy is one that this country is trying to establish once and for all, so that we can stop the error of cronyism, when some Kenyans were deemed to be more deserving than others. There is no explanation whatsoever as to why the two Principals can sit and agree on a list of nominees and then some very junior officers to the Principals think that it is wise for them to go ahead and change the names of the nominees of the President. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to plead with my colleagues in this House that matters such as this one shame the whole House. There is no reason as to why a Committee of this House could get names and invite people whose names were not forwarded to them and proceed to conduct another interview yet the principle of separation of powers is so clear to the extent that everybody knows his role today. It is interesting that people who did not even make the cut-off of the preliminary interviews were looked for by the Committee and re-interviewed. The Report is very clear. The Committee looked at this Report and saw that the original list included Mr. Kavuludi, who had emerged as best qualified person for the chairmanship. They have put it down for us to see. I wonder how they wanted us to react. It is not fair that some members of this country are simply not good enough because of how some people want to foresee the future of this country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of the National Police Service Commission is central to police reforms. It is central and key to what we are going to be faced with in exactly seven months as far as elections are concerned. We had issues with the police in the last general elections. That is why we said we must reform the police. We have no choice, as a country, but to reform the police. Whoever is sitting somewhere in the Office of the President and imagining that things shall remain the same when we have done away with them, is daydreaming. Thanks to the new Judiciary, some of these people belong in jail. For the President to append his signature on a list and then a civil servant to change that list and bring it to another Arm of the Government, hoping that Members of Parliament would be asleep, is criminal. You can see what is happening everywhere around us. Look at what is happening at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)."
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