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    "content": "of nominees Prof. Japheth Micheni Ntiba. It is very clear from the dissenting voices in the Committee that this nominee has some soul searching to do. This House is the eye of Kenyans, as far as those we are putting to the public service are concerned. Earlier this morning, I stood up to support nominees to the dockets of Labour and Social Welfare, as well as to the docket of sports, culture and Arts, because I believed that those nominees had the qualifications and clear track record to serve this nation. Hon. Speaker, Sir, right now I rise to move an amendment which, I believe, is for the good of this nation and the Jubilee Government in implementing its mandate and manifesto for the benefit of the Kenyan people. It is very clear--- I have gone through the report and I have also gone through the report provided by the Commission for High Education, which indicates that the Presbyterian Church University of East Africa, whose council Prof. Ntiba was chairing--- Hon. Speaker, Sir, the Commission for Higher Education (CHE) kept on evading exercise of verification of the courses that they offered. It is very clear that evading this exercise must have been for a reason. Where there is smoke, there is fire! We cannot approve the nomination of a manager, a person who held two positions from which they derived some gain, while the Constitution at Article 77 is very clear that you shall not participate in any other gainful employment when you are a State officer. I have been a member of the council of the Kenyatta University, and I know that when you are a member of the council, you actually have allowances that are given to you. I do not think the Presbyterian University of East Africa is different in this sense. Hon. Speaker, Sir, I beg this House to retain our teeth to show this country that we are actually not a rubber stamp. We must say no to appointment of nominees, who even in the eyes of the public, do not fit the category we put them. Several allegations have been made and they are allegations because I do not know whether they are true in this sense. Hon. Speaker, Sir, during his tenure as Chair of the Council, the Presbyterian University--- In fact, an investor suffered a heart attack when he was informed that the University could not pay him. I do not know whether that investor died, but he suffered a heart attack. Lecturers are not paid and cases are in court. The Vice-Chancellor was fired for hiring a Muslim woman. We have moved away from time when we had religious discrimination. We cannot be hiring somebody who discriminates on the basis of religion. I feel very sad. With those many remarks, I beg to move this amendment and call upon hon. Wandayi to second it"
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