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    "id": 981117,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/981117/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I fully support this amendment. The other day, I was reading the Budget Policy Statement. I was delighted by the fact that this Government is investing a lot of resources in the fishing industry and in the blue economy. Therefore, when it comes to appointment of CEOs of boards, it must be done competitive. We must put people there with lot of experience. It is only the members of the board who can competitively recruit a CEO. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have seen what has happened in this country in the past. There are certain positions which are reserved for a particular group of people. This is something annoying and I hope we can change it, especially now we are talking about inclusivity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday I was reading the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Report. In one of the recommendations, which I completely disagree with, tapped on the Chapter 15 Commissions. It says that the chairperson should be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). We need to diversify our thinking and have a clear separation of powers. There is no reason why the CEO and the chairperson of the board be vetted by Parliament. Parliament does all the work of vetting. However, we should trust other people to do some of these recruitments. The key word here is meritocracy. If we can grow as a country that rewards merit, then we can go very far. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I fully support this amendment. I hope that we can look at other entities, then come back and amend them. This is because just like Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. was saying, sometimes there is a big danger in terms of these omnibus Bills. I had this big problem even with the other Bills on energy and petroleum. The only time that we can be pushing for legislation to go through is when we are trying to create jobs for our friends or to create other jobs. How about really thinking about the 47 million other Kenyans? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Sen. M. Kajwang’ for coming up with a sound amendment. I hope that we can continue looking at all these pieces of legislation and make sure that they conform to the Constitution. This is the first Bill which I have seen clearly indicated that it affects counties. This amendment and the fact that fisheries"
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