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"content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to really support the Bill. It is an honour that we are talking about this issue of looking at and dissecting the public service in this country. I thank Hon. Mwadime because he has brought this amendment at a time when this country is actually discussing the BBI. We want the BBI to also bring to us a breakdown so that we can understand it. When we are talking about inclusivity in the BBI, it must address the marginalisation of communities in this country in terms of public service and everywhere else. This is a great amendment. As I speak today, I think very passionately about the community that I come from. I come from the Kuria Community which is found in the Nyanza region. Kenyans must make an effort of knowing where each community comes from so that, even when appointments are being done in the public service, we do not, for example, talk about the Kuria Community and say Nyanza. In the 9th Parliament, Hon. Wilfred Machage was in this House. He was my MP. Hon. Machage, the MP for Kuria at that time, talked so passionately about the Kuria Community being marginalised in this country. We have a tendency of generalising communities in this country. Opportunities come and you say this opportunity goes to Nyanza without us dissecting and saying Nyanza as a region has the Luo, Kisii and Kuria communities. The Kuria Community tends to be lost inside there. The Public Service Commission has a responsibility to ensure equity even within our regions. During this period of BBI, my community is crying. It has been everywhere talking about the issue of a county. How can BBI address and help my community get a county of its own so that it manages its affairs? Allow me to just mention this. I hope that the Haji Commission wherever it will be sitting as we prepare to appear before them, will be able to honour that request from the community that I come from; that is, the Kuria which is actually agitating and crying for a county to manage its affairs. The Public Service Commission has a responsibility. I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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