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    "content": "Devolution and Planning will entail; that what is most important is facilitating the devolved governments, building capacity, ensuring that the right funding is taken to the devolved units of government to ensure that they perform well. Hon. Speaker, Sir, we wanted to ensure that the Principal Secretary for devolution is not coming in as the prefect of governors. He is not coming as the prefect of the devolved units; that he is coming to be the bridge between the central Government and the devolved government. We thought that is a good mindset to start off with as he takes up this position. I know that two of the nominees have impeccable public sector experience in their various fields. For example, Dr. Songa is an accomplished agricultural expert. He has done a lot of work in agribusiness. He has done a lot of work in biotechnology, value addition in the agricultural sector but we thought transferring that kind of knowledge to industrialization and enterprise development would be giving that docket a new perspective of how we can add value to our products and export them. We were equally impressed with Eng. Magiti. Fortunately, for me, three of these nominees are people I have worked with in the Public Service. I have worked with Dr. Thugge, Dr. Mohamed and Dr. Songa. They are people whose personal records and way of working can stand out. I can attest to and prove to this House that they are people with integrity and they are performers in their various fields. Therefore, in supporting and seconding the appointments, I would like this House to look at them as Kenyans who are willing to offer their services for the benefit of this nation. We happen to be one of the few countries where we do not appreciate our best brains and we end up losing some of our best professionals to other countries. We have lost our professionals to countries in the western hemisphere. We have lost our professionals to some countries in Africa and in the recent past we have been losing many of our professionals to upcoming countries like South Sudan and Rwanda. This is because sometimes when you have the best brains, we are clouded with very myopic reasons to reject them and ultimately somebody else takes advantage of that. But for these particular nominees, I can attest to the fact that they are people who met the threshold we were looking for in terms of undergoing the vetting process. Therefore, we considered all other factors and the fact that we are also looking for leaders who will not just lead this country, not necessarily as nominees of the Jubilee Government but as Kenyan leaders appointed with huge responsibility to move this country to the next level. I fully support the appointment of the nominees. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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