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    "id": 719462,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/719462/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Sometime back, we had this issue of Youth Fund where we had somebody called Bruce Odhiambo. Looking at some people’s academic credentials, you find some are being appointed, not because they have what it takes but maybe because they went to school with so-and-so. So, in terms of performance appraisal, such issues should not be there. Issues of being a certain clan or maybe a relative coming from a certain region should not be there at all. There must be clear framework that is agreed upon, that there is absence in terms of bias and that is very objective so that you measure your performance. If indeed you have achieved, then you must be reappointed. Another issue when it comes to this Clause is that there must be a proposal for purposes of privatisation. World over, Government does not involve itself in business. The Government is supposed to provide a conducive environment for business, but you find that the Government is involved, for example, in commercial parastatals. In case of bureaucracy, you can decide to privatise. For instance, we have seen Kenya Airways was privatised but it is not making profits. So, we wonder why we privatised it. There must be a concept paper that explains the merits and the demerits why a certain parastatal must be privatised. If at all it can be run better in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, so be it. By providing a framework that there must be a concept paper that maybe has been submitted to the CS in charge of National Treasury, from there, the CS has to submit it to the Cabinet. Who chairs the Cabinet? It is chaired by His Excellency the President so that they look at that concept paper, look at the merits and demerits before they make any decision for privatising. I am saying this because we have a conspiracy when it comes to privatisation for purposes of corruption. They look at an entity, they see it is profit-making and conspire to privatise."
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