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"speaker_name": "Hon. Shill",
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"content": "Hon. Kaluma, who was my lawyer, should respect me. I support the report. History is being written in Kenya and we should remember that in our history, we used to hear the President appointing Ministers on the 1.00 Oâclock news without any vetting. Some of them were appointed at the road sides, but because of our new Constitution, here we are today vetting Cabinet Secretaries. They have been subjected to public scrutiny. The Cabinet Secretaries who have been nominated today, if we look at them across the board, they are well educated. They are people who are not corrupt. High standards have been kept. I am bound to say that the nominee from North Eastern Province who was leading a multi-million bank, namely, Barclays Bank, has decided to serve his nation and forget about the money that he was earning there. This is to show that we, the people of North Eastern Province, despite being marginalized for some time, we can now bring educated people and serve this nation with dignity. I want to remind my friend, hon. Kaluma, that the nominees from North Eastern Province are not three. They are, actually, two. One has also been appointed because of her high standards. That is Amb. Amina Mohammed, a well qualified Kenyan. I am trying to say that we are bringing in people of high calibre and we believe that they are going to serve this nation very well. If you look at Kandie, and we came to her rescue, she had all what matters as far as high standards are concerned. She was educated in Canada in high calibre universities and in the United Kingdom. As a teacher, if somebody passed exams in universities, how can you say that, that person cannot serve the Government? We are not a âbanana republicâ. We are a country that has institutions. We have seen people who are not educated, but who are leading Ministries well. That is because our institutions are well laid down. Sometimes, we can have people who are highly educated, but do not have the knowledge of the Ministry at their finger-tips. So, there should be no fear that so and so cannot articulate herself or himself in front of people. If you look at the 16 nominees, they have very high standards. I am happy about the new Constitution for giving women their rightful place. Women in Kenya have been marginalized. Today, I am very happy that they have been given wonderful portfolios and I am sure they will not let us down. We have seen hon. Ngilu who was among the first few women to serve in the ODM Cabinet. I am sure she is only being bashed because she changed her political affiliations like me. The truth of the matter is that there is no permanent enemy or friend in politics. But there is only permanent interest. If you look at the policies of Kenya, the monkeys are the same; only the forests have been changing. So, please, stop bashing other people. In conclusion, Kenyans must move forward. I am proud to know that in the region, Kenya has come out of age. We have gone far as far as democracy is concerned. Today, if we go anywhere, we are very proud of our nation that we have conducted our elections in a very competitive and fair manner. We have also appointed our Cabinet Secretaries in a very fair way and subjected them to serious vetting. As a nation, we should be proud of that. In Parliament here, as politicians, we will hit at each other but, at the end of the day, we must remember that we are one nation. Let us put our acts together"
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