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    "id": 942891,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for giving me a chance to also add my voice on the same Statement. I want to congratulate the Senator of Mombasa for bringing this important Statement. This Statement speaks not only for the Mombasa case on the appointment of the Board but it points out to what is going on in terms of these appointments. Recently, we have experienced appointment of people, some of whom are even deaf. This is simply because they are appointed to these boards and the issue of competence is not looked into. People should be appointed to areas they can serve in terms of competency, knowledge and what value they will bring to that board. This will ensure that we have people in boards who can add value to what those boards are supposed to do. In this particular case, when you look at this Board that Sen. Faki is talking about, it is supposed to serve a local tourist firm. Local Tourism according to the Constitution is a devolved function. In this case, the people of Mombasa County should be involved and considered when this Board is being constituted. From the Statement, we are also informed this Board has no women. It is against the Constitution to continue appointing people without taking note of diversity and gender. In appointment of boards, this House and the National Assembly should wake up to correct this. It is a practice that is going to kill the fabric of this country, if boards will be composed of one tribe, one gender and if appointments to these boards will be made against the Constitution. I think this House and the two committees that this Statement should go to; Labor and Tourism, should stand their ground and tell the CS to do the right thing in the appointment. It is very frustrating, as a country, if we go on appointing people without looking at the diversity of Kenya. We should not have parastatals and boards that have one tribe, one gender and are not even taking note of the constitutional requirements. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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