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    "id": 713411,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage you to google on your phone and read the definition of a hustler. I did not call him a hustler. He is the one who calls himself a hustler. We shall soon start using the alternatives of a hustler as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary. Clause 9 states that the committee shall, within a period of six months from the date of its constitution, develop and keep a regular review, a comprehensive register of all equipment and service categories required to effectively supply the needs of the extractive industry. It also states that the committee shall assess the capacity of the local industry to supply the goods and services. Again, we should not be too intrusive in private enterprise. If somebody buys a gypsum mine in Kajiado County, it is on the white hill, on your left as you go to Namanga, and invests his equipment, he is a private investor. This is because he has invested to make profit or losses. The state has no business to go and take an inventory of his equipment. There is nobody who is foolish enough who could borrow money internationally to come and to invest just to make a loss. Knowing Kenya, we could probably take an inventory and insist that we should be the suppliers of spare parts to private enterprises. We should not be so intrusive into private enterprises, so that we let them grow. The membership of the committee is where the devil is. The chairperson shall be appointed by the Cabinet Secretary in accordance with subsection (2). If the chairperson is appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, we should have that person nominated by Cabinet Secretary vetted by Parliament, meaning, both Houses, like in the case of the Inspector General of Police. Such a person can be subsequently appointed chairperson by the Cabinet Secretary. Otherwise, people will appoint their relatives. I am sure you know that the brother of hon. Adan Duale is a Principal Secretary in this Government and the brother of so-and-so is serving in another position; they have shared the country unashamedly. Unqualified people are now sitting in places of qualification because they have their brothers in Parliament. 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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