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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I am a bit saddened that we are adding a new mandate to a commission that has already failed to carry out its existing mandate. The kind of situation we find ourselves in this country, the level of suspicion among communities and the failure to have proper perspective for various issues in this country with regard to national cohesion and integration is a clear demonstration of the failure by the current team. I will give an example of Nandi County that was quoted as one of the counties that did not comply with the ethnic composition of its staff in the public service. If you look at the report, the NCIC states that Nandi County did not meet the threshold of 30 per cent. However, they do not get us to understand or make this country understand that the 30 per cent anticipated in the County Government Acts, is not about a different ethnic community. It talks about 30 per cent from outside the county. I am aware that Nandi County has very many staff working in the public service who come from Uasin Gishu, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kericho and Kisumu counties. It is unfair and I think a failure by the NCIC when they do not give this proper perspective and instead end up profiling a very wonderful county like Nandi County. The major problem we have in Nandi County is not this kind of balancing because we have people The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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