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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I have had an opportunity to peruse the Report which was Tabled by the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget, and I am perplexed. It seems that ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society. When I look at it, I am shocked. A young man with a promising future, scored 78 and then there is a remark that he does not have ten years’ experience. This really shocks me because I listened to my dear friend and able Senator who seconded this Motion, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., and he said one thing; that they looked at merit. Where else is merit if when you score the highest, then the Committee says you do not have ten years’ experience? Poor Melly will not ask his mother to put him back in the stomach and get him out ten years earlier. This Report is terrible and I would like to request the Committee---"
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