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    "id": 591424,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, like those who have come before me, I am proud of the Committee. I thank the House for having suggested that I sit in the Committee. I am aware that today, we are marking a time when Members of the Committee are celebrating the sweat of their industry, especially demonstrated by the commitment. We never had issues of quorum. We also had high levels of confidentiality to the extent that this Report is now reaching the public for the first time because there were no leakages. The Committee was co-chaired by Sen. Murkomen and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., both who are first timers in politics and they have done such a good job. That is a vote of confidence for the youth of this country. I congratulate them for that. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to tell Kenyans that ours as a Committee – if this House approves – is a mere proposal. We are coming to Kenyans with our proposal which, according to me, will – with effect from today – signal the beginning of a sober and honest national conversation. In the conversation, we want to talk to ourselves, our groups, our communities and the nation called Kenya on critical issues. According to me, the critical issues are that this draft is attempting to address the issue of vetting of public officers in critical public offices. This exercise has been going on under the new Constitution and many Kenyans think that the process of vetting as it is today could be better. When the National Assembly is conducting a vetting, you wonder why they subject a qualified person to petty questions like they asked the Governor of Central Bank. I do not want to repeat that kind of pettiness. Now that we have restructured it to provide that when it comes to offices where a public officer will enjoy the security of tenure, under the Constitution, meaning that he will be in office not The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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