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"content": "The other thing I want to affirm is that the directors of some parastatals are picked because they come from the same village as the CS or the CEO or the Principal Secretary (PS). Some of them are friends to some personalities within the Executive. That is why this is happening. There are no checks and balances. The directors are supposed to detect some of these issues. During board meetings, minutes are taken. The members go through the minutes in the subsequent meeting and confirm them. That is the time they are supposed to notice that something is wrong. That is the time when the directors can also question the Executive or the CEO. However, because the directors are just there to earn a living by drawing sitting allowance, they are not able to do anything. Again, where are the EMU and the parent ministries? Every parastatal has a parent ministry, which is represented by the PS or a senior ministry official appointed by the PS to sit in the board. What is happening? Something is wrong."
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