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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. Indeed I support these nominees because a lot has been said about the impeccable qualifications that they have in the respective areas they have been nominated to serve. I want to particularity note the political background of some of these nominees, like Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri, Sen. Charles Keter; and Hon. Kazungu, who will soon be the immediate former MP for Malindi. Their political backgrounds will add a lot of value in Cabinet. I believe that these Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) in waiting will assist the President even in political management of Government affairs, and more so to articulate Government policy. This is because we have largely seen CSs who spend a lot of time over the weekends playing golf, and not being able to articulate Government policy over the weekend and other times when they are not in their offices. I believe that the political background of these CSs in waiting will add to the Cabinet the value of being able to better articulate Government policy in and out of their offices. I also note that since the Jubilee Government came into power, the county that I come from, namely, Kiambu has not got a CS. We are, indeed, privileged that the nominated---"
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