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    "content": "list or the boards. You ask yourself whether we made it clear that people should read Chapter Six of the Constitution and understand that the people we are looking for are those who qualify under that. As a result of the way we do things in this country, people who have no relationship with Chapter Six of the Constitution are the ones appointed and nominated by friends and relatives. Fortunately for this particular one, they are categorised. You need to come from a particular institution and background. I hope that those who have the opportunity to select or elect members to the boards will definitely look at Chapter Six of the Constitution, especially now that we are going into a stage in our country when we want to fight corruption. The people who have benefited from proceeds of corruption and been named in reports are known. Through lifestyle audits and even what we see, they do not qualify under the provisions of Chapter Six on leadership and integrity. They should, therefore, not find their way into a big fund like this one. As you know, the people with problems of integrity only go there to do what they do best. They look at the big fund and think there is an opportunity for them to divert some of the funds. It is provided for and listed clearly that this is a body corporate. So, those who end up being in the Board of Trustees need to know that it is not the body corporate which will be sued in case of mismanagement. Each one will be held personally responsible. This is always good for warning. Because of the laxity with which we have fought corruption in the past, people tend to take for granted these provisions. As we form this particular one, this board needs to be careful about who becomes part of the trustees. In any case, the word ‘trustee’ should speak for itself. These are people you can trust and put your resources under their care. Apart from that, there is the face of Kenya. I would also like to focus on that. When we have opportunities to put people in places of management, apart from the usual standard qualifications that we have; academic, experience or otherwise, the face of Kenya needs to be seen clearly and deliberately in a fund like this one. It is good practice for everybody to know that if we have three people out of seven coming from the same region or community, it makes it difficult for us to improve in our realization that we are not a tribal nation. As we look at these things, let us not only look at the qualifications, but also the face of Kenya. For purposes of understanding, there can even be someone from Pokot, for example, who has never been in such a fund. Get one of them to be there for the first time or another one from Wajir or some other place, so that we understand that Kenya is bigger than our thinking. Since my speaker has moved the Bill in detail, I will not spend time going through the same thing. I just want to remind ourselves of the organisations."
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