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    "id": 500717,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/500717/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon Aden",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1186,
        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Omar Aden",
        "slug": "abdikadir-omar-aden"
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    "content": "Clause 10, which is on the appointment and promotion of public officers based on fair competition and merit, is another very important aspect. Our Constitution is very clear. This Bill also puts those clarities that in places where this is not done, correction must be done. Article 232 of the Constitution states very clearly that appointment to certain posts must represent the face of Kenya. I have recently been going through the appointment of the members of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board and I was very surprised to see that the appointments do not represent the face of Kenya. While one particular community may have got five appointments out of the 17 available, none of these comes from either the Coastal or the general North Eastern regions of Kenya. This is very unfortunate because the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board should have been sensitive and allowed the Muslim, Coastal and North Eastern communities to be represented on the Board. It is my hope that the Cabinet Secretary will correct that anomaly before the enactment of this Bill because certainly, we will go to court to ensure that it is done. As I conclude, public participation is very important. It should be encouraged so as to ensure that policies that are being implemented, more so now with the devolved system of Government have public involvement. You will find projects are done in particular places and the residents of that place; the people who that project is supposed to benefit do not know what is going on. They will tell you that they have only seen a contractor coming with his jembes and construction equipment to put up a facility. The public should know that now they have been empowered by this Bill to question those kinds of actions and put to task the county governments, to ensure that only the issues that they have been involved in, in terms of their participation, are implemented. Finally, with regard to the reports which are being generated by all the commissions, Government agencies and the county governments as well, I would like to seek an amendment to this particular clause to demand that every county government must report, at least, to a Committee in the Senate annually to ensure that there is fair practice of the public service at the county level. With those remarks, I thank you."
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