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    "content": "The other nominee we spoke too is Dr. Wilson Songa. He is an agricultural specialist. He has been in that field for more than 20 years. He is currently the Agriculture Secretary. He has a PhD in plant pathology. He told us that our agricultural products need value addition. With his experience especially in public service I believe that the Ministry in charge of industrialization will rise. I, therefore, would like to urge the House to approve Dr. Songa’s appointment. He has the right qualifications. Had he not summarized his CV, it would be 20 pages or so. He has been the Agriculture Secretary up to now. We raised issues with him about fertilizer and the disease that affects maize. He explained himself that the system was the problem. I support him and would like to urge the House to support his nomination. There were no integrity questions on Dr. Songa. He has met the threshold. On the issue of HELB we did not see any query on him. The other nominee I would like to request the House to approve is Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed who has been nominated as the Principal Secretary of Commerce and Tourism. He holds a Masters of Business Administration. He also holds a Diploma in Leadership and Business Development. He has a Masters in Public Health. He has a lot of experience in the health sector. Members thought that, maybe, he was misplaced. When we interviewed him he showed a lot of knowledge and passion for the new role of commerce and tourism. He is very qualified and he has leadership experience. Tourism needs to be awakened. It is an area that requires a lot of investments. This is the only docket that generates income. The other Ministries are mainly consumers of our income. I, ask you to approve his name. I will also be urging the House when the right time comes that we give them the necessary funding so that the Jubilee promise of getting three million plus tourists every year is achieved. We need to invest. My Committee, having spoken to Dr. Ibrahim, believes that he is the right person to spearhead the commerce and tourist sector. Finally, we talked to Eng. Peter Magiti. He has been in the Ministry of Water for quite a long time. He has leadership experience. He is an engineer by profession. Can an engineer be a planner? That has been the question, but we have an engineer who is in the Vision 2030 team and he has done a great job in terms of planning for this country. Therefore, Eng. Peter Magiti is a suitable candidate. In fact, this is one Kenyan for whom we received an affidavit that was positive. It was actually recommending him for this job. Somebody said that he has done a lot of work with regard to giving the people of northern Kenya and parts of Eastleigh water. Hon. Speaker, Sir, therefore, he is one Kenyan who received a positive affidavit contrary to expectations. So, I want to urge the House to approve all these nominees so that they start working because time is running out. We want to give them the opportunity. I believe what is being done is that the Jubilee is trying to break away from the usual by bringing in fresh blood to head different Ministries so that they can see things differently. They can think differently from the way things are normally done in those Ministries. Therefore, in terms of integrity, Eng. Magiti does not have issues of integrity or owing the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). He appears to be a very knowledgeable Kenyan and therefore we were unanimous, as a Committee, that we approve them and pass them over for appointment. So, I want to urge my colleagues in"
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