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    "id": 775634,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "and pass resolutions. It might also mean they can also hold the country hostage the way some other people are holding this country hostage at the moment. They become institutions among themselves. So, where are the people of Kenya and the road users? Where are you and me? If we were not parliamentarians here today, we would be with the people of Kenya using the roads. So, where are we? You will see the observations of the Committee in a minute. This was creating a club of certain people. So, people sat down and drafted the law for themselves. I think it is unacceptable from where I sit as a Chair of this Committee. It is unacceptable. That is why the issue which was said by the public cuts across in terms of populating those boards. We have a Department of Infrastructure which appeared to us as I said earlier and addressed their critical issues in terms of populating the board. Even if you were to give the President the power to appoint a chairman and you have decided where the chairman is going to come from, what was the point of telling the President to appoint a chairman and yet you have decided in the law that the chairman comes from these institutions? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have been a public servant. I have been a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for about four or five years. Every department and agency of Government has a serious office called the legal department. Even Parliament has a legal department. Even KeRRA and KeNHA have legal departments. We have serious accountants. We also have the official legal advisor of Government, namely, the Attorney-General. Why are people creating some boards for themselves and locking out the people of Kenya? These are the people who matter and the people who use the roads and pay for the construction of the roads. Where are they? You just get a club of some people. You will see what we found in our final observation."
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