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    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "memorandum whatsoever from the public to oppose the appointment of Dr. Chumo. It is only that particular issue of police arrest. I also want to put on record the fact that the arrest was for the case which the Member for Nakuru Town East wanted to clarify. This matter was for procurement done in 2011/2012. Dr. Chumo was appointed in July, 2013. Therefore, the only thing which we picked as a Committee is that after receiving a report from a technical committee of Kenya Power in 2015, one, he suspended the continuous supply of those transformers which were faulty; two, he stopped the issuance of those transformers which were in store; and, three, he stopped payment to the supplier. He retired in January 2017. Thereafter, the supplier went to court. The current management of the company pulled the case out of court and paid the supplier. So, the ones who were paid were also arrested. Particularly, we observed that the people who procured have not been arrested. So, for record purposes, we have to state that. We have to put it on record. This country cannot be managed by avoiding others and picking others. Yes, there is a case but we cannot say that this individual is guilty. The law is clear that when the case is in court, you step aside. He has not been appointed, and we have proposed that he should not be appointed. Finally, this Committee cannot be intimidated by outsiders and all sorts of things. I just wanted to put that on record. On the basis that he has a case in court, we cannot recommend him to be appointed. We must stick to the law. This Committee is professionally run. We have men and women in the Committee who are competent to run it. We are proposing this on the basis of facts. We must put it on record so that you are informed. If we had not vetted this nominee, tomorrow, Thursday, will be the last day. I want to inform you that Section 9 of the law on appointments says that failure to vet and bring a report to the House to make a decision, Dr. Chumo would have been deemed to have been appointed by operation of the law. We would have failed. Therefore, we did what we were supposed to do. We have done our part and the House has done its part. What remains is for the House to decide through the Question. I beg to reply."
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