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    "content": "congratulate Hon. Kamanda because at his age he has done very well. We are happy and we want to see this being cascaded down for it to go farther. What the Vice-Chair of the Pastoralists Caucus, Hon. Bashir S. Abdullaih, has said is actually very true. I was very disappointed when I looked at the Gazette Notice. It is a shame that 90 per cent of the Board members of the Postal Corporation of Kenya are from one community. I sit in the Public Investments Committee, where we have been meeting with many boards of parastatals. The membership of a majority of them does not reflect the face of Kenya. It is, indeed, important that this Committee goes further to ensure that that there is equity in these State corporations. Article 10 of the Constitution is very clear on the principles of governance. Why is it talking about inclusiveness? Inclusiveness means the face of Kenya. It is talking about the issue of equity. It is a shame that this thing is being practised with impunity. I am requesting Hon. Kamanda to move ahead as we go on. My leader mentioned something very important about the membership of the selection panel. Talking of matters of cohesion and integration, the church has been ahead. So, as we proceed to the Committee of the whole House, my humble request is that we bring an amendment so that we remove representative from the Judicial Service Commission and replace it with representative from the church. Doing so will add a lot of value. Retaining JSC brings a conflict of interest because in case of arbitration, in the long run you have to go to courts and the courts have limited jurisdiction when it comes to matters of conflicts. So, if we put somebody from the Judicial Service Commission and later on one want to go to court, there will be an element of conflict of interest. I am requesting the Chairman, who is listening keenly; that, during the Committee of the whole House, I will be proposing an amendment so that we can have a church person. In this country, we normally have the National Prayer Breakfast and the churches have been advocating for integration and national cohesion. Therefore, it is very important to have a church person on that particular selection panel. It is bound to be debated as we move on. On the issue of term limit, I think the Leader of the Majority did not get it right I listened keenly when Hon. Kamanda was moving. The Leader of the Minority Party got it very well. He said that instead of having a term of three years renewable, they have proposed a six-year term non-renewable. I was keenly listening. So, the Leader of the Majority Party did not get it right. I do support the Committee. We support the Chairman. This is a commission established by a statute; it is not a commission created by Chapter 15 of the Constitution. We can borrow good ideas from Chapter 15 of the Constitution, whereby commissioners are allowed to be in office for six years non-renewable. You do your work the best way you can and once you are done, you go and new people come. We do not want this issue of renewable. We thank the Committee for the good work."
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