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    "id": 820045,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Samburu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alois Lentoimaga",
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        "legal_name": "Alois Musa Lentoimaga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support. I support because I have read the Committee’s Report. Stephen Kirogo has experience that is required. Despite people saying that his age is advanced, age can also provide a wealth of experience. Having worked in northern Kenya and even Lamu, Nakuru and West Pokot, some of us who come from those regions yearn to get people who are in the Civil Service who know Kenya. Most of the time when you go to offices, you find some senior Kenyans who are holding high positions but do not know where West Pokot, Turkana or Wajir are. I am impressed that this candidate has worked in very harsh places. Wajir is not a place that civil servants can work in because I have also worked in North Eastern. Especially in 1980s, it was like you had been thrown to a jail. So, this must be a brave and patriotic Kenyan who has gone through all those hardships and is able to make it to that level where he is at the moment. Having said that, once this nominee is confirmed, I would like to call upon him to restore justice in the Civil Service. We want equity, social justice and inclusiveness in terms of employment. We want non-discrimination because in certain institutions, we find that there is no regional balance. Some people are losing out, especially when Members say ‘young graduates’. We want you to address those issues with other stakeholders and leaders. When recruitment is done, we should see clear regional balancing, honesty and integrity."
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