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    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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    "content": "response rate than has been the case in many researches I have, fortunately, had a chance to supervise and review. My colleagues have raised concerns about the recruitment of enumerators, supervisors and ICT people. I hope the management of KNBS is listening to the cries and comments of the people of Kenya so that before it is too late, they must rectify and attend to that issue. We have very many young people who are highly educated, but unemployed. I would vouch for them to be given jobs. Those who have jobs, it is only kind and fair that you relinquish those jobs you might have been given to allow the young people undertake those jobs. Most importantly, those who are given the opportunity need to have a sense of patriotism and provide the correct information inculcated in them. Going through the Bill before us, there are some issues that might have to be revisited during the Committee of the whole House for purposes of amendments. If you look at Clause 3, it provides that in the event there is any doubt about the veracity or accuracy of the data, with the approval of the Cabinet and upon gazettement by the Cabinet Secretary, the Director-General can repeat such census and surveys. The danger we have in this particular case is serious. We are simply saying that the Cabinet, the Cabinet Secretary and KNBS, however much they say they are independent – and they have a strong board – can actually be pressurised to repeat the exercise in a section or particular geographical area in the event that some political stakeholders are dissatisfied with the results. This provision is mischievous, and there is a very high chance of it being misused. I would urge Members that when we get to the Committee of the whole House, we ventilate on these issues comprehensively and clearly. There are two fundamental issues that need to be looked at: the qualifications of the Director-General, and the Corporation Secretary. If you look at the Bill as presented before us, the Corporation Secretary is expected to have higher academic qualifications than the Director- General. For example, the Bill provides that the Corporation Secretary shall hold a postgraduate degree in law from a recognised university, while the Director-General is merely required to hold a degree in statistics, economics, demography or mathematics. Generally, in terms of the law of pecking order, the Corporation Secretary ought not to have superior academic qualifications than the Director-General. So, we will have to make a choice to lower the qualifications of the Corporation Secretary or we enhance the qualifications of the Director-General."
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