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    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
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    "content": "think is for older people. But if you look at the issues we are dealing with in the country, we need the experience of these two young people on board to be blended with the older generation’s experience to make sure that we have a cohesive national commission. Worth noting is the experience which will be brought into this Commission by our two colleagues, Mr. Abdulaziz and Dorcas Kedogo, because the work of the Commission is to deal with us politicians when we go overboard. I believe with these two people on the Commission, having served as Members of Parliament, they will be able to give necessary guidance on what Members of Parliament go through. It is important to note that Samuel Kona is a well-experienced conflict negotiator, with a wealth of experience and knowledge. I believe this is a cohesion commission which will serve Kenyans to the letter. As we head towards the next general election in 2022, we need a commission which understands the country and the people of Kenya to make sure that they give what it deserves. Worth noting, none of these nominees got a memorandum from the public. The public were given opportunity to write to the Clerk if they had any issue with the nominees and to give us as a Committee to interrogate the issue. But by the time we were sitting down, we had not been given any single memorandum. So, as a Committee we followed due diligence to interrogate these nominees and we found all of them suitable to be on this Commission. There is a caution I have to make today and Members must listen to me very clearly. If you do not deal with your tax issues, the moment you are appointed it will be a very thin obstacle between you and your appointment. At some point we had to get full confirmation of committal letters from KRA on Dorcas Kedogo. You have a certificate of clearance yet you are not in the database of KRA. It is painful. But by the end of the day KRA was able to confirm that all the nominees have complied with their tax obligations. The House needs to tell the accounts department of this Parliament to make sure that they do the returns in good time to make sure that they do not jeopardise Members’ welfare in future. That must be noted very clearly. And KRA must be told to make sure that they clean their mess. They are supposed to be as accurate as possible to make sure that we do not have issues when you leave this House and are given an opportunity. It is not your fault. As Members, we do not do KRA returns; it is done by the accounts team in this Parliament. It is very clear they must comply with that. I want to urge Members to take this opportunity. With due respect, let us approve these nominees. Let us give them the mandate to go and deal with the issues of cohesion within the country. We have seen we need more cohesion in the country as we go forward. We need a peaceful country, we need a cohesive country. We need a country where we will move together as one. I second and urge the House to approve the names. Thank you very much."
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