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    "id": 967096,
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    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": " Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. But Hon. Baya and the Leader of the Majority party are negotiating for this position. It is already gone. We are about to approve the name. So, Mhe. Baya can negotiate for other positions If I may reiterate the provisions of Article 73 of the Constitution, public offices are still suffering in this country. Kenyans do not have the confidence in those offices and the people serving in them. Clearly, under Article 73, it is important that the gracious lady familiarises herself with the need to ensure that the office wins the confidence of Kenyans. That is the only way. What she produces will also be respected. It is important that she brings honour to this nation by the way she will discharge duties expected of her and ensure that there will be dignity. Hon. Baya is concerned about the continued recruitment of people from one region according to what he has argued. This can be mitigated if the lady, when in office, decides to avoid nepotism, favourism, tribalism and serves the country. We will stop seeing people from the regions they come from and start seeing them as people capable of serving Kenyans and delivering on what is expected of them. This is a crucial office in the management of finances of this country. We expect Dr. Margret Nyakang’o to take it from where her predecessor left. Her predecessor did well. We must commend her for the work she did. We want Dr. Margret to push it further and ensure that our resources are well managed and incidences of corruption are reduced. It is okay to say that the lady is 60 years old and the younger generation needs jobs. However, the older ones also need to be given an opportunity to serve because they have something to offer. A blend of the two – young and old – is crucial. Yesterday, Hon. Baya was engaging me on an issue relating to academic degrees. His position, yesterday, was this: You cannot be given a degree today then you are given a serious office like that of a governor the following day. You need time to get experience and to be seen to understand what you went to do in school. I believe having Dr. Margret who has been in school for a while proves Mr. Baya right. We expect her to perform. She has the experience. It will be a good thing that we support her. She needs to listen to comments of Members because none is done in vain. As I support this appointment by the President, it is important that she knows one of the things that is being canvassed in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Report is taking political responsibility of decisions made under ones leadership. Unlike before where we were looking at criminal responsibility, we are moving to issues of being held accountable for decisions you make. If we raise the bar to that level, she should be careful to ensure that contradictory statements do not come from her office like what we have been received before. I support. Thank you."
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