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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Constitution has placed on us, as a House, a very important responsibility. Under the Constitution, we are required to vet and approve for appointment Cabinet Secretaries. Both Articles 132 (2) and 152 (2) of the Constitution speak on this matter. In fact, Article 132 (2) says that the President, with the approval of the National Assembly, will appoint the Cabinet Secretary. Again, Article 152(2) speaks about the appointment of the Cabinet Secretary or members of the Cabinet. Hon. Speaker, we did vet these two Kenyans and I want to associate myself with the sentiments of the mover and seconder of the Motion that the two nominees fulfilled most, if not all, of the requirements to occupy these positions. I also want to agree, with due respect to nominee Betty Maina, who is going to handle the very crucial Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development that she demonstrated very high technical knowledge of the Ministry. Hon. Speaker, you will also agree with me that Mutahi Kagwe came out very well. I think his coming out very well is correctly diagnosed for being a former Member of National Assembly and a former Senator and someone who has worked in the Public Service and engaged with Members of Parliament for a long time. He was easy in terms of dealing with us and explaining himself to the extent that he came out very well. However, that does not mean that Betty Maina did not do equally well. I am happy that Hon. Mutahi Kagwe is actually alumni of the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Commerce, and there we associate. I am happy because even though he is not a health expert, he is a manager by training. From the way he explained when we asked him a question, I am sure he is going to inject fresh blood in this Ministry in terms of managing human resources. This Ministry is one that has faced a lot of challenges in terms of management of resources. I am not trying to cast aspersions on those Cabinet Secretaries who have previously occupied this Ministry but the truth is that we have a lot of unanswered questions on a lot of programmes that are being run by this Ministry. Hon. Speaker, the question on medical equipment has not been addressed to date. A special committee of the Senate is investigating it and this House has even included in the reports of the Committee on Budget and Appropriations, and the Committee on Health that this is a 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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