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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope we are together. It talks about the chairperson of KeNHA, that he/she shall be appointed by the President, but from amongst people under (f). So, what does (f) state? It states that: “(f) five persons, nominated by the following organisations – (i) Institution of Engineers of Kenya; (ii) Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya; (iii) Law Society of Kenya; (iv) Institute of Surveyors of Kenya; and, (v) Kenya Private Sector Alliance.” Funnily, this is not enough. When you go to the constitution of the Board of KURA in Clause 17, it is the same thing about the chairperson being appointed by the President from amongst the people under (f). It states that: “(f) five persons, nominated by the following organisations – (i) Institution of Engineers of Kenya; (ii) Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya; (iii) Law Society of Kenya; (iv) Institute of Surveyors of Kenya; and, (v) Kenya Institute of Physical Planners.” As if that is not enough, proceed a little bit. I hope I am not taking your time, but it is important for Members to realise how this Bill was crafted. It was actually aimed at creating a club of certain people or elitists. Looking at Clause 20(f) on the composition of the Board of KNSRA, it states that: “(f) five persons, nominated by the following organisations – (i) Institution of Engineers of Kenya; (ii) Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya; (iii) Law Society of Kenya; (iv) Institute of Surveyors of Kenya; and, (v) Kenya Institute of Physical Planners.” This is funny if not liberal. It is an alumnus of certain engineers and begs a lot of questions. Let us go to engineers or the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). It provides that the LSK will be in KeRRA, another one in KeNHA and another one in KURA. So, who will be at the offices of the LSK or the Physical Planners of Kenya? There is nobody who is going to be there. It might be that they have transformed their offices to KeRRA, KeNHA and KURA. It might also mean that they can also do a board meeting in their offices wherever they are and then come The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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