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    "id": 347088,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that should not apply to me; maybe it applies to subsequent contributors. I want to appreciate the good work my good brother, Kapondi, has always done on behalf of the Tenth Parliament. However, we must be prepared to say the truth. This is because what will save this country is the truth. This country has just promulgated a new Constitution and we are trying to domesticate a very comprehensive constitutional dispensation. That Constitution clearly talks about the issue of regional, ethnic diversity and gender. As much as we accept that some of the individuals in this list are individuals who have made immense contribution to the public service, what we are about to do is to authorize an entity that is going to oversee the running of the public service. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, these must be individuals--- I wonder whether the chairman has found out the relationship both professional and individual of some of the individuals who are in this Commission. This is why I am saying that this list does not meet the constitutional threshold of regional and ethnic diversity which the Constitution clearly talks about. What informed the establishment of nine commissioners was; one would come from each of the recognized regions and the ninth from anywhere. As this list clearly spells out--- There are regions and that has been the tradition. Mr. Nanok, I think I have the right to be heard. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate and I will be the last person to oppose something brought by Mr. Kapondi, however, this list that we are about to pass unfortunately does not meet the constitutional threshold of regional balance. If at any given time we will be recycling some of the individuals who have retired, what are we telling the youth who constitute 50 per cent plus of the Republic of Kenya? They also need to be somewhere. We need to prepare them. As much as I appreciate and we say some of the individuals have done very well, what am I going to tell my daughter who wants to be a commissioner and she has just finished university? Do I tell her to wait until she retires after another 30 years? These are the facts that we must appreciate. Tell me who is going to represent the youth in this list. That is a very important constituency of the Republic of Kenya; almost over 60 per cent. Where are they represented in this list? There are those who are going to be recruited in the public service; they are not these old men and women."
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