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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mungatana",
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    "content": "yourself, you are of course subject to the criminal procedure code and that means you could be charged in a court of law. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this means that only relevant and very important information will be allowed in the Committee. Within this law, there is a provision to protect the candidates further. Where a candidate feels very strongly that the information he is going to divulge might be too personal or of a private nature, he can request the Committee that: “Please, let us now remove the cameras because I want to disclose this and this information and it is a bit too private”. It is allowed! This is a good law that can help us get this country to a very good start when selecting the new people into positions of responsibility. Finally, I want to recommend to this House this law because it is definite. It is not subject to the manipulations and politics of Parliament. Why do I say so? The entire process will have to take 14 days. If, for example, our new President in 2012 has just been elected and he needs his Cabinet approved, it will have to be done within 14 days from the day he submits that list to the 11th Parliament. This law is very clear. The process must take exactly 14 days. If Parliament is dillydallying, for example, we had an experience with one Committee in the House where there were issues and there were divisions, this law ensures that the country does not come to a halt. It makes it very clear that if Committees do not agree and there is no verdict of either yes or no, that nominee that the appointing authority has brought to Parliament will stand passed. This means that within 14 days, the new President will have his Cabinet approved. If it is not approved, he will also be told so within seven days of rejection. He or she will need to nominate another person. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there has been a lot of effort with many Members of Parliament involved. I want to give credit to all those hon. Members who attended meetings that we organized in and outside this House to try and think through a proper institutionalized way in which we can hasten Parliamentary approval for appointments. I want to thank Mr. Musikari Kombo. I want to thank him and the team of Members of Parliament and the team of Parliamentary Caucus for Reforms that we have been meeting. This is not solo work. I must make it clear that it is work that has been done by many of us whom I have not mentioned. I am pleading with this House that we must pass this law as soon as possible. We must go through this Second Reading then Third Reading. For example, I would be very happy if the pending appointment of the Attorney-General will go through this process. Then Parliament will be given the reasons, for example, why certain candidates should qualify. Parliament will then debate and pass or reject those people, and everything will be timeously within a period of 14 days. It would be nice for all other appointments--- We have now to think about the new Commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. It would be wonderful to go through this process in a law that is institutionalized and someone is predictable, so that we get the very best in Kenya. But at the same time, it will be a process that is devoid of so much pressure on the candidates so that we get the quality of people that we require."
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