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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to support the nominees of the President. More importantly, I want to talk about the Chairman, Mr. Mohammed Nyaoga because he is somebody I have known. I was with him at the University. I had a petition and he was my lawyer. He is a man you can trust. I will tell you one thing. When I had a petition, we did not sign an agreement of how much I was going to pay him. He told me what I was going to pay him and that is what I paid him. He kept his word. He did not come to say, now that you won the petition and you are a Member of Parliament, I can review my fee. He is one person that this Government has given a job and who the Kenyan public can trust. You know the President had discretion to name any of the three for the jobs, but he gave it to Mr. Mohammed Nyaoga, who happens to come from my county; Kisii County. I must admit today, that this is an appointment that has been given and which reflects a true person who comes from our county. We have had appointments, but those appointments do not reflect who we are. So, I thank the President for this appointment and for making this decision. More importantly, Mr. Mohammed Nyaoga has experience as a lawyer in Commercial Law. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Governor and the Chairman are people on the ground. They have the experience on the ground and they will understand when we complain. They will not wait for the figures. It is very scaring that the Governor said he will work with figures. It is very dangerous to work with figures because they may be imperfect and misleading. So, if they are imperfect and you are relying on them, you will make wrong decisions. I remember one time, the Kenyan Shilling hit a high of more than 100 to the US Dollar and people were telling the then Governor who was my classmate at the university to intervene. He said that the market forces would determine the occurrence. We are in a perfect environment. We are in a developing country where, sometime, big corporations can make a decision to hurt us. It is very important that apart from looking at the data, he should be practical by checking what is happening on the ground. With those few remarks, I do not want to take more time because I want to give other Members a chance to support this Motion. We thank His Excellency the President for nominating these candidates. They will be able to move this country forward. The Governor of CBK said that the debt of this country is 46 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). I want to agree with him that as we borrow and do projects, it is very important to look at our ability to pay. I also hope that he will work like Mr. Ouko, the Auditor- General who is very clear in his mind and is independent. He is doing his job as the Auditor- 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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