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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "think, are so obvious, I do not know how much I could say but as regards the National Hospital Insurance Fund Act, I think the Constitution has given us an opportunity for us to competitively source for the Chief Executive Officers. I think that is the norm and the spirit of the Constitution. You have seen in the past and, of course, as you have shared with my colleague here, the National Hospital Insurance Fund has been a conduit of where money has always been swindled. A lot of money has been lost through the National Hospital Insurance Fund. That is because most of this has been as a result of picking somebody in the Chief Executive Officer’s position. I think when a Chief Executive Officer will pass through a competitive process, there will be a lot of improvement. Secondly, on the National Hospital Insurance Fund, the inclusion of Central Organization of Trade Unions, Federation of Kenya Employers and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health is something that is welcome. That is because the Central Organization of Trade Unions, as we are saying now, is really fighting for the survival of those associations and commissions. But I think the inclusion of Central Organization of Trade Unions is good. That is because the Central Organization of Trade Unions represents workers and the National Hospital Insurance Fund is purely for workers, I think the contribution of Central Organization of Trade Unions will go a long way to help. About the Public Officer Ethics Act and EACC, as we have seen, we have reported so many cases to the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission. But you find there is a lot of work for them to do. The proposal is that some of those laws can be passed over to the Public officers Ethics Act. I think that will go a long way in assisting to offload some of those weighty issues that have been given to the---. I was listening to the topic about the Kenya School of Law when I was coming back on Tuesday from Nakuru and hon. Kang’ata was speaking to that effect. Being a lawyer, hon. Kang’ata was very passionate about that Act and the qualification for admission. But for the universities that are offering the law degree, I think it is important for us to think about the admission. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, your profession - and I know you are a very sound lawyer that I have known for a very long time - is a profession that needs to be protected. In our courts these days, you find some criminals purporting to have gone through these other places, coming back and purporting to be lawyers. They end up making innocent people who have been charged to be jailed. We just need some competence, the right minds and the right qualifications for lawyers who can be able to represent the very innocent people who are, sometimes, caught up in these things. They have no criminal record but, at the end of the day, they land and languish in prison just because they were represented by a very incompetent lawyer who somehow went through a process of LLB and maynever have completed. So, I want to agree that the standards of the people who are going to the Kenya School of Law should be high. Of course, I had quite a lot and I do want, with your indulgence, so that we do not repeat ourselves so much--- But one last thing is the Leadership and Integrity Act. I think the self-declaration, is very important for us to be able to put that weight. It is not fair that Chapter 6 of the Constitution was reduced to a level that is not acceptable, where we allow other people The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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