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    "id": 859033,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/859033/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "general elections. Sycophants were also appointed to those boards. Unfortunately, those people do not have the minimum threshold in as far as academics is concerned. So, it becomes very difficult to have a board of people who have not even gone beyond Form Four to go and oversee a CEO who has a master’s degree, PhD and experience, particularly when it comes to financial matters. So, the issue of oversight becomes a problem. We are requesting the Executive, when it comes to appointment of the members of the boards of State corporations, they should appoint people who have the expertise. Look at State corporations like the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), KPLC, NSSF, Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC) and Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), they handle billions as far as investments are concerned. So, when the Executive is appointing people in these boards, please look at the minimum qualifications, that is, the academic qualifications and issues to do with experience. Some of them cannot even interpret a balance sheet or a profit and loss account. We are requesting the Executive to do justice when it comes to appointing people to the boards because these boards are at strategic levels and they are the ones to provide oversight to the management."
}