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"content": "Order, Hon. Members. Hon. Gathoni Wamuchomba, we cannot hear Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a."
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"content": " On point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "What is your point of order, Hon. KJ?"
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"content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have a quick reaction to the Statement that has been presented by the Chairperson. I sympathise with her because the matters being handled here would have needed Waziri to do a bit more than what has been presented here. Hon. Benjamin Gathiru Mwangi asked questions that had everything to do with fairness, especially as concerns the constituencies in Nairobi. This response just falls short of insulting Members of Parliament from Nairobi. It is just making general statements in response to very critical questions. The question was whether there is fairness across the board even in cities like Nairobi where recruitment takes place in one centre at Nyayo Stadium while in the rural areas, those exercises have been brought down to the sub-counties. Nairobi has very interesting dynamics. For example, anybody can carry an identity card and claim that they picked it up in Kibra, Kariokor, or elsewhere. That does not tell us which constituency they come from. We are totally disenfranchised as constituencies in Nairobi County when recruitment takes place in one centre at Nyayo Stadium. How is the NYS treating that existing malady? They should not tell us that the process was fair while we know that it was not fair and equitable for the youth in Nairobi. We want to know how it will be for sub-counties in Nairobi and not the generalities that have been given here. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "Thank you, Hon. KJ. You have made your point. Hon. Beatrice Elachi. I am giving an opportunity to two Members from Nairobi County to comment on this."
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"speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Just to add to what the Member for Dagoretti South has said, the NYS recruitment team should ensure that each of the 17 constituencies in Nairobi has its day for recruitment. They also need to inform us how many people came from each constituency during the last recruitment. Each of the 17 constituencies should have their day of recruitment. And in that scenario, they need to inform us. In the last recruitment, how many people did each constituency recruit? That, in my opinion, was the simplest thing Nairobi was asking and we need to be told. Is it a policy that only applies to Nairobi, or how did they come to a definition that Nairobi can bulk everyone at the Nyayo Stadium for recruitment? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "Member for Mathare, Hon. Anthony Oluoch. You have two minutes. Please, be brief. Give him the microphone. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is a grave matter that is central to Members of Parliament. The crux of the matter is the question of equity, equalisation and equal opportunity. Nairobi County comprises more than three million people. In terms of contributions to the Exchequer and money that we contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Nairobi County requires to be at the table of everything that is being distributed. The idea of putting 17 constituencies in Nyayo Stadium is an opportunity for people to give the opportunities that are supposed to accrue to Nairobi to other people. I have heard the Chairperson speak to the question of decentralisation. This would occasion additional budgetary implication. If that should be the case, the Constitution itself has no limit to the amount of money that should be put in order to see it implemented. Article 10 of the Constitution, and this is my final point, is one of the foundational principles under this Constitution. Nairobi demands equity and to be at the table. It is the capital city, and we represent the people who are living in 17 constituencies. We request that you give a ruling that the Cabinet Secretary comes before us to tell us how we can get our people recruited at the sub-county level as is done in the 290 constituencies. Nairobi cannot be disenfranchised. I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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"content": "Lastly, I will give the Member for Starehe, Hon. Amos Mwago, a chance. Kindly, keep your contributions to one minute and half."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to weigh in on the debate about the recruitment by different Government agencies and institutions. Nairobi has become disenfranchised because even when they come for recruitment, they tell the persons who are being recruited to look at the back of the identity cards. You know very well that most of the people were not born in Nairobi because a majority come from up-country. It is only us, Members of Parliament, who know our registered voters. We have the biggest number of registered voters in this country. Nairobi County accounts for 11 per cent of the registered voters in this country but, when it comes to opportunities and recruitments, we are combined in a common area. Therefore, we are saying, now that the Government has said that 80 per cent of the Kenya Defence Forces and Kenya Police recruitments will come from people who have gone through the National Youth Service, that it is only fair Nairobi is given an equal opportunity when it comes to such recruitments. Also, the recruitment should happen at the sub-county level. In Starehe Constituency, for example, I have 189,000 registered voters. So many youths are languishing in poverty in the informal settlements. If they are not given those opportunities, they do not have a chance to make it better in life. We have the highest number of people who have not gone to school and they depend on Government jobs. It is only fair that Nairobi be considered. Given its population, Nairobi should be given more slots during the /recruitments. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I submit."
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