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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "with disabilities must be involved. The gender issue must be there. It is important that, as we put this in place, it is operationalised as soon as possible. When you look at the issues of promotions in line with Article 232 of the Constitution, you will find some people in the Public Service being promoted because, maybe, they come from a specific community like where the President, Deputy President or the Cabinet Secretary comes from. That is not fair. Once this comes in place, we are going to embrace issues of motivation. Those of you who have been reaping where they never sowed, your days are numbered. It does not matter where you come from, everybody must be given responsibility and an equal opportunity when it comes to promotions. This Bill emphasizes the issue of public access to information in line with Article 35 of the Constitution. It is important that any decision that is made by public servants is communicated. People must have access to this. I am saying this because recently, we had a controversial issue when it came to the tetanus jab. The Catholic Bishops have complained about this. Fertility is God given. Many people in this country have been trying to get children and it has been difficult. People have paid millions of shillings to get children. If somebody somewhere, through the tetanus jab, is trying to make somebody infertile without the knowledge of that person, that is a serious criminal offence. Once this issue comes in place, we want the Ministry of Health to tell Kenyans the truth about that tetanus jab. The Catholic Church has brought the badges. It has shown some tests from reputable institutions like the University of Nairobi, the Mater Hospital and the Nairobi Hospital showing an issue of discrepancy. We must go down the line to know who has been lying to Kenyans. We expect to be given answers. Access to information that the State is holding is very critical. This Bill, again, talks of performance management. This is important for all the commissions or public servants to table a report by the end of every financial year in terms of their performance. The Public Service must have something called performance appraisal. In the sense that, by the end of one year or six months period, we are told how the performance was. We must also be given the criteria they are relying on to avoid subjectivity when it comes to promotion in the Public Service. I want to thank the Immigration Department. The new Director-General has brought a lot of sense. I was supposed to go to India with the Public Investments Committee and I did not know that my passport was full. The other day, I walked to the Immigration Department at Nyayo House and I was shocked. Those of you who have not gone there can go there to confirm."
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