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    "id": 698045,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/698045/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am sorry. If you look at the way some communities have occupied almost all the senior positions in some State corporations, you wonder why other Kenyans have been left out. How do you expect other Kenyans to behave when not even a single member of their community has been appointed to head a parastatal despite the fact that they also pay taxes? These are the things that make us feel bad. At times I feel unhappy when my county is completely excluded from running parastatals despite the fact that we are citizens of this country. We need to have equal opportunities. The Constitution talks about equality, regional balance and ensuring that there is no single community that occupies almost every public office in the country. I am not the one saying this; it is the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Therefore, as much as we want to clean up the mess in parastatals, we must also deal with corruption, nepotism and tribalism. I urge Hon. ole Kaparo to take this matter to court and ensure that communities that currently occupy 50 per cent of the positions in any parastatal are removed from office so that other Kenyans can be appointed. I was once a director. What I saw in those areas made me unhappy. I would have liked it to be changed so that other Kenyans who have Kenya’s interests at heart and are properly qualified, can run those parastatals and do good things for this country. With those remarks, I support."
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