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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "I do not intend to talk much because my Vice-Chair had moved the debate and mentioned quite a number of issues. But having said that, I would like to request the House, especially Members in the Opposition side who want to oppose the Motion that, there is a Kiswahili saying that: Mgala muue na haki yake umpe. It is wrong to oppose for the sake of opposing. It is good to oppose, but with the right reasons. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let us not play to the gallery. Let us say the real issues. When you look at the Curriculum Vitae (CV) of these Kenyans who have been appointed, they are the best. When you question, for example, Ms. Nelius Wanjiru Kariuki, is it a crime to be from Central Kenya, Nyanza or the Rift Valley? I want to encourage Hon. Kaluma not to read a section of her CV. For those of us who are Christians, if you read a section of the Bible and leave the rest, you will get a wrong conclusion. He says that the only thing this lady knows is Muthaiga Golf Club. This is only saying where she is a member just the way most of us here are members of different clubs. This lady has been a director of Zep-Re, PTA Reinsurance Company, a big multinational company. She has been the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation for eight years and Chairperson of the Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Staff Pension Fund from 2003 to 2010. Those are seven years. She has been the Director of the Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation from 2003 to 2006. She has been an economist for the Kenyan Government from 1974 to 990, and then you read a section of her CV just because you want to tarnish the name of somebody who is not a Member of this House! It is good to be fair. Even if you want to play politics, play the correct politics. It is very unfortunate to have a lawyer at the level of Hon. Kaluma insinuating in this House that holders of first degrees are not qualified to hold positions. We have set a law here that determines the qualifications of being a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank (CBK). The minimum qualification is a first degree. We are also following the law. When we are vetting, we are also following the law. There is law called Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2012 which gives a criterion to follow. Do they qualify academically? If it is yes, 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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