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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I rise to support the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. We are not looking for employees to be appointed for their first appointment. We are not looking for a chairperson of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. This is the Chairperson of the Board of KFS. If we were looking for a Chairperson of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, we would not require any qualification. I am speaking from authority. I have been a Director- General. It will be very unfortunate to have a Chair who is one year out of the university. Surely, what would he be chairing and telling me as a Director-General? There are certain positions that we must not take lightly. I would like to tell Hon. Aghostinho Neto, who is a member of my Committee that, I became a company secretary at the age of 29. Senior positions are like company secretary and legal officer. A Chairperson is a very serious position. You require minimum qualifications and experience. The Constitution recognises this. In fact, one of the things we are seeking to do in this House is to set minimum qualifications for people who are going to hold serious positions. Hon. Wanyonyi was the Managing Director of Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA). You can imagine him having someone who has just come out of university five years ago and, who is the age of his son, as his Chair. Would he listen to him? Let us be fair. I support the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. This is a very good proposal. In fact, I think the Committee thought very well. We must congratulate the Committee for pointing out such serious anomalies. I thank you."
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