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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to raise why vetting is important in line with the roles of Parliament. There are two candidates in this list who have been interviewed by a Committee of this House before. A whisper campaign was used to eliminate them from the process. This vetting process gave us an opportunity to actually question those whisper campaigns. In the process, some of the things we found out were that some of these whisper campaigns are actually witch-hunts, where a person who is a victim becomes an accused. I want to give the example of Mr. Mwaisaka. The Public Service Commission (PSC) found this applicant so competent. However, there was a whisper campaign that he was in the Ndung’u Report. It was alleged that he was a land grabber and this was used to eliminate this gentleman. Our vetting process was able to show us that this gentleman was a victim of other land grabbers. He had three court cases to prove that he was a victim. So, I clearly want to mention in this House that if we have issues on a personal level, we must have the confidence of coming to the vetting Committee and present the matters, rather than using the Floor of this House to tarnish other people’s names. The same case was with Ms. Muma. She has the same scenario. Personally, because of the smear campaign I was of the opinion the lady “ate” public funds. However, when she came to the Committee the story was totally different. We must learn to avoid whisper campaigns that will tarnish people’s names, when there are no facts to support that allegation. With those many remarks, I beg to support."
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