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    "id": 70763,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/70763/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Duale",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the members of the Board of KBC, and whom the Committee confirmed that they are not qualified--- Mrs. Deborah Chepsitit Ochodo, Rev. Simon Lanyonyo---. You do not need to be a rocket scientist to know where these names come from in relation to the said organization. We had the same problem with the Kenya Bureau of Standard (KEBS). The Board is divided. If you look at the division in that Board, those who side with the Minister are people of questionable qualifications. That is the same Board that will recruit the CEO. If you were disputing the criteria of composing the Boards of Directors, you can still question the qualifications of the CEOs who are secretaries to those Boards. I think it is high time that this House enacts a legislation that will give a benchmark on who should be appointed to a Board. That is because, as we sit here, the mandate of appointing a Board of Directors is solely left to the Minister. That has been used for politics. People want to reward their friends and relatives. That is not a secret. That is why I challenge the Departmental Committee on Equal Opportunities to come up with a policy and table in this House the various Board members of various parastatals in this country. You will see that the Board members of a particular parastatal are, in one way or another, related to the Minister. Under the new Constitution, this country needs to move forward. That is why we have CEOs of questionable character. We have the KEBS where the CEO who is currently in office was the fourth nominee in the recruitment. Seven out of 15 members of the Board are supporting that irregular procedure. That is the same case in the Kenya Medical Training Institute (KMTC). We"
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