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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "contribution and the Commission takes responsibility in toto and not in part so that we do not have blame games in future. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, parastatals have done lot for this country in terms of offering services. What is clear is that the original intention of having State institutions has not been achieved. Parastatals were established to alleviate poverty but some of them have not even achieved 20 per cent of what they were meant to achieve after Independence. We are now 50 years down the line. That brings me to my final statement. Members of the Commission and boards of parastatals and any other public organ should be based on competence. People who are not competent should not get access to management of our resources. I want to respond to a comment made by one of the previous speakers who talked about a former Member of Parliament being appointed to a commission or board. I want to state here clearly for the public to hear that Members of this House, the Senate and county Assemblies are competent enough to serve in other institutions. Serving a political office should not be used as a tool to criminalise or undermine the capability of politicians. Politicians make a lot of sacrifice to serve their constituencies and various regions. When their terms come to an end, they should be given an opportunity to serve elsewhere. We, as politicians, are not shy of displaying our competencies. We are also not shy of going to interviews. Most of us in this House are competent to perform many roles in the development of this nation. When these things are being done, they should be done with an aim of uniting this nation. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is one nation under the flag of Kenya. We should ensure that tribalism is not an aspect of appointments. It should never be considered. What we should consider are competencies. The time when we should consider regional balance is when we have two or three nominees with similar capacities, but coming from different regions. I want to propose that in future this House should put a lot of emphasis on scrutinising the capabilities of nominees so that we can get the best people to serve this nation."
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