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    "id": 558329,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lati",
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        "legal_name": "Jonathan Lelelit Lati",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to oppose this Motion. I rarely oppose things on this side of the House. It is hard for me to support something with this kind of interview results. I want to believe that there is something called “meritocracy” in this country. The reason why we conduct long and well-thought interviews is so that we can get to a position where people who are qualified can be picked. If you looked at the results of this interview, with all honesty, you will find that all the people who took number one were not given the job. I can understand that we can create some deviations based on judgment of the appointing authority, but I do not understand anywhere in the world where everybody who became number one is not given the job. What is the purpose of us interviewing these people and wasting their valuable time? I think that there is something sinister other than the people who have been picked here to work. Other than the qualification, there was something inside that was being worked out. I will always oppose such a thing as a Kenyan. If you look at these interview results, you will find that they reflect everything from the marks gained to things that I did not even imagine appear on results slip like the tribe you come from. To me, that would speak volumes for every Kenyan in this country. We are talking about affirmative action and I want those loud voices of affirmative action today in this House and in our country to hear this. Affirmative action is not only about gender versus gender but it is also about the minorities, the youth and everything else that is disadvantaged. I want us to reflect on this. Somebody said here that she is a village girl and she is very proud of that background. I am very proud of that background too. For you to think of humble backgrounds coming from Central Kenya, you ought to know that the humble background of Samburu is more humble than what you have. Take a seat back and think. How long does it take a Samburu from herding cows to come up and get employed at the CBK at the lowest position possible, rise through the ranks all his life to become the Deputy CBK and with the retirement of the Governor, take over as the Acting Governor?"
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