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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "they take up their new jobs in serving this country. I just want to note, in appreciation, several nominees in the list. I know that all of them are qualified. Let me recognise the appointment of Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri and Hon. Charles Keter, the Senator for Kericho. Members of Parliament are professionals in their own right, in their own field and are very able in articulating issues that affect the people of this country. If you look at what Hon. Kiunjuri told the Committee, you will realise that he used his negotiation and the political skills. He is really going to turn around that Ministry of Devolution and Planning, which is the key component of our Constitution. Both these nominees had served in this House and also in the Opposition. They have also served as Assistant Ministers in the previous Governments. Sen. Keter has served in the new structure of governors where Ministers do not come to this House. Therefore, with those skills of having served in the Opposition and Government, I have no doubt that those two nominees have really demonstrated the knowhow, the ability and the capacity to run these Ministries. Hon. Speaker, I just hope that Members have really read this Report and that they really looked into the questions each nominee was asked. For instance, there is a question that Sen. Keter was asked on what his view was with regard to appointment of Members of Parliament to the positions of Cabinet Secretaries. He said that he subscribes to the ideology of having Members of Parliament to serve as Cabinet Secretaries as they are adequately seized of the development challenges and the needs of the people. These are the people we really want to be given opportunities because they can easily integrate people’s needs, Government policies and the legislative agenda of this House. Hon. Speaker, Hon. Keter really demonstrated that he is knowledgeable when he was asked questions about this Ministry. He demonstrated that he knew a lot about topical issues touching on this Ministry. One would think he has actually been serving as the CS in that Ministry. The rest of the nominees, take for instance Cleopa Mailu, who comes from Kibwezi West - I can see his Member of Parliament, Hon. Patrick Musimba really nodding in appreciation - talked about very important issues about the Ministry he has been nominated to. He has very relevant skills for the said Ministry. Look at the books he has published. Course Attainment-The Key to Running Public Hospitals; Skills Train - applying social or sound employment imperative to retain nurses and doctors in our hospital; Lessons of the Bomoko Initiative in Kenya; and The Female Surgical Contraception - Kenyatta National Hospital Experience. Skills and experience have been merged to the relevant ministries where these nominees will go and I believe they will really achieve better results. For instance, Dr. Cleopa Mailu talked about the need to decongest Kenyatta National Hospital, which is the biggest referral hospital in our country. He talked about the need to decongest the hospital by improving surrounding county health facilities and especially those in Nairobi County so that only referred cases requiring specialized attention are handled by the Kenyatta National Hospital. He also talked about streamlining procurement at the facility. My Colleagues have talked a lot about these nominees. Let me just mention what the nominee for ICT, Mr. Joseph Mucheru talked about. He talked about cyber security, data protection and privacy. This nominee, being an ICT guru, I am sure is going to do a lot on cyber issues or the internet to avoid money laundering through cyber cases and even to avoid what we have heard before about the wiki leaks in times of securing cyber connectivity. Therefore, because of time, I know all the nominees are qualified and I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that they are able to do the tasks that they have been nominated to undertake. 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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