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    "content": "So, the words here are “Cabinet Secretaries”. So, if this House proceeds to deliberate on those four names, are we acting constitutionally? That is because the Constitution provides that this House can only consider a minimum of 14 names. This is not an idle provision in this Constitution. It is very important because in this Constitution, one of the cardinal principles is gender balance. Another cardinal principle is regional balance. There is no way this House will determine whether the President will meet the gender and regional balance unless we have all the 14 or 18 names. Otherwise, what if this House considers four names and approves them, and then we get another four and, by the end of it all, we realize that we have not met the gender or regional balance principle. What are we going to do at that point? Is it possible or practical that this House, through the hon. Speaker, makes a determination? This is a matter of national importance and it cannot be treated casually. Yesterday, I asked the President and his Deputy to come out of excitement, discharge their civic responsibility and give Kenyans the Cabinet that they need. The honeymoon is over. We now need to work. We do not want posturing or the “Obama style of walking!” What we want is this: Give us the Cabinet so that the activities, functions, programmes and operations of the Government can continue."
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