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    "id": 904462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "In Kenya, there was a time when the late hon. Shikuku and other people were talking about Indians, and how they were messing the economy. The late hon. Shikuku came to the House one day and said:- ―You know, no Indian is the Governor of Central Bank or the Managing Director of the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), but our own people. If I was to form the Government of Kenya and put the Luo in those positions, that does not guarantee success.‖ A real audit should be taken, like the public defenders did in South Africa. We should be encouraged with this Bill to do a proper public audit. If you look at certain positions in this country, like the position of the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the position of Head of Civil Service or Public Service or who is in charge of intelligence in this country, there are exceptions. But it would look like getting people from other communities to be in those particular positions is very difficult. Madam Temporary Speaker, sometimes I commend President Moi in that regard, because during his tenure, we could see people from other communities being appointed to senior positions. However, this has not been the case in the subsequent Governments. Why are we happy to have this Constitution and say that we are one country, although we are divided into counties, which are part of a bigger Kenya? Why are we proud to be one country and not proud to have people from all over Kenya filling certain positions in the Government? This will give people confidence. Conflict begins when you have exclusivity and there is no inclusivity. This is when other communities look at the way the country is governed and say that there is never a chance for a minority to become the President of the Republic of Kenya. As we speak now, if politics continues to be what they are in Kenya, you may be the best person or candidate that the country needs, but you will never rise to the top. You may have all the qualities, you may be well-loved, are popularly received in political rallies, but when it comes to elections, it becomes something else. We need to have a country which we can have people from different communities feeling that there is no place or room where you will find the door closed. So long as you are a Kenyan, it will be opened to you, just as it is opened to other Kenyans. Madam Temporary Speaker, the resources of this country are allocated and divided in a skewed manner. We can say that, that is the correct position, because we still love to go to the leadership of the country and ask for this and that. In a truly democratic country under this new Constitution, which talks about how resources should be divided, we thought that that era when we would sit and pray that Mtukufu would come to your The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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