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    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support the Report. I believe that the appointees are up to the task. In fact, they are from diverse professional backgrounds. I think they will be complementary in their jobs. Those are the people we need considering what has been happening of late in that Commission. One of the people is Mwaniki Gachoka who was my classmate at the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law. I know he is a very cool-headed person. He is also an academic giant. I am sure he will bring experience and professionalism to the Commission. The same applies to the lady, Lepuchirit. She has also been in this field for a long time. I am sure as a person from the minority communities, she will fill that constitutional gap. We only hope that those nominees will re-introduce professionalism in that Commission. What we have seen of late leaves a lot to be desired. Mentioning of people without proof has been their undoing. For example, when you look at the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) who were removed because of unprofessional recommendations, it makes our hearts bleed. If you look at somebody like Kosgey, he was cleared but he was damaged. The same case applies to Mr. Kimemia and others. I believe that this should be stopped and people’s names should always be mentioned after they have been proven guilty. But the innocent should never be put on the cross the way Jesus was done. Having not had time to contribute to the past nominations, I would like to put across the fact that we need to encourage people who work in the Ministries to be promoted. This issue of always bringing outsiders is causing a lot of problems in this country. You will see a lot of undermining and under-hand dealings to frustrate the person who has been taken there. I believe that is something that should be looked into. Whereas we might say this has a national face, I would like to say that it is not because when you look at the people who were nominated, many of them are from two or three communities and others were left out. For example, for Narok, we had two PSs who were removed for no reason at all, just because of political consideration. I believe as Kenyans, they have a right to be employed and the Masaai are expecting an explanation why Tiampati and Konchella were removed without any reason. They were never mentioned in anything that was unbecoming. I believe that was unprofessional and unconstitutional from the appointing authority. I support and I believe that my colleagues will support these nominees. Thank you."
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