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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tongi",
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    "content": "the people who have been shortlisted here. Those who will make it to that level will guide him. In that way, we will have succession. You can remember Okonkwo who kept on asking where the young suckers were so that they could take over from the old ones when the old ones are cut off. These are the kinds of people who will drive the Kenyan agenda and replace the old ones when they are gone. We need to train the people we will choose, both the old and the young. Mr. Charles Ayako Nyachae has been nominated by the Jubilee Party and represents the Kisii Community. This is a gentleman who has served Kenya in many capacities. The last assignment was as the Chairman of Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC). We all know the kind of job he did. He midwifed the transition of Kenya from the old Constitution to the new one and we know that he did a good job with his team. These are the kind of people who will represent Kenya at that level. He is a man who has experience and courage and given an opportunity, he will articulate the agenda of Kenya. We need to be conscious of the fact that the people that we will elect to represent us at EALA are not just people who will be earning a salary. We are not looking for people who are looking for employment. We want people who can understand the issues at hand, express themselves and command respect. They will be negotiating with Ministers on matters of taxation and economic issues. We need very experienced people who can do that. In my mind, I have no doubt at all that Charles Ayako Nyachae has that capacity. Given an opportunity, he will serve people diligently. This is just to mention but a few because there are very many qualified names. I do not want to mention each name and describe their competences. We are a House of rules and have a list of people who understand Kenya. We have seen these people in action and we will make an informed decision for the good of the country and posterity so that our people can get value from the representation in EALA. We are competing with Tanzania and Uganda who will be giving their best. We cannot be left behind by choosing people based on politics alone. We also need to look at what it is we will be giving there. When they sit on committees, they should make contributions which will be respected because such contributions represent the face of Kenya. We are all expected to give the best representatives to EALA so that when they speak, Kenya speaks. With those many remarks and in the interest of time because I can see my colleagues also want to speak to this Report, I want to stop there. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I urge my colleagues to kindly not use regions or party bias when voting next week. We should look at the interest of Kenya and put it as number one. These people will represent Kenya. They will be ambassadors of Kenya. They are people who will speak the Kenyan agenda at that level. They must have the experience, expertise and the knowhow it takes for one to articulate those issues."
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