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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "content": "that the submission of false information in the questionnaire shall lead to automatic disqualification. It is my view that most of the people we see in many county assemblies tend to provide information which they deliberately know is false. I think disqualification alone is not enough. If this law is to be effective, we should criminalize provision of false information, especially where that information is intentionally provided to defeat the course of a fair process. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I notice that under (f) there are a lot of questions that the nominee must answer. I am particularly interested in question No.10, on the issue of nationality. I find this a very good provision because this information does not ask the county where the nominee is coming from. This is important. The intention of the devolved Government was never ever to convert Kenya into tribal enclaves, but this is what is happening. In fact, I have only attended one meeting of the so-called cabinet with the governor and his cabinet. Most of these so-called cabinet meetings are transacted in mother tongue. It is unacceptable. These are serious high-level positions. We cannot use devolution as an affront on national conviviality in this country. The requirement that certain percentage of the employees of any county government must come from outside should be strictly enforced. It is common knowledge that any country which regards the entire spectrum of its community as a covenant of brotherhood may prosper. If we are going to use the county government to convert Kenya into tribal enclaves, we have lost it. Any progress that we are going to make will account for nothing because the progress of any nation is like a symphony. I cannot say that Siaya County where I come from is doing very well, while I pay total disregard to Tharaka Nithi of my good friend, the aspiring governor for Tharaka Nithi, MP for Chuka/Igambang’ombe, because that problem that is within the same country will spill over to my Siaya no matter the progress we are making. The issue of nationality is important. A time has come when we as the people of Kenya must proudly profess our nationality. Of course, it is not our choice that we were born into the communities where we were born. In as much as we did not choose those communities, we cannot use the fact that we are born into certain communities to literally dismember our nation by converting counties into tribal enclaves. I also notice that Clause 14 is on requirement for education levels. It is very clear to list in reverse chronologically order each university college or any other institution of higher learning attended, and indicate in respect of each dates of attendance, academic award obtained, whether the degree was awarded and dates on which such degrees or awards were given. This is a very good provision because it will isolate what we call academic gaps in qualifications that some of us purport to have. I remember a certain case when we were sitting as the Committee on Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), and somebody appeared before us wanting to be a member of the CDF Board. He presented himself as a professor in one of the private universities. This is a fellow who failed CPE, who got Fourth Division in Form Four and got two subsidiaries in “A” Level. How on earth does such a fellow sit in a classroom and call himself a professor? If you look at that so-called piece of paper called professorship--- That is why I have always insisted that other than academic qualifications, you must demonstrate logically. You cannot have a degree before you go to class one and you cannot have a degree before you go to Form Four and pass the exams. This is a very good provision. It is important. It will isolate academic gaps and it will also show the chronology of professional growth. 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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