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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Raso",
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"content": "For the information of the House, the nominee is the immediate former Member of Parliament for Wajir North. He has worked extensively in cross-cutting areas, including serving as a Regional Manager for the Kenya Red Cross. It is interesting to note that he is the first member of the Ajuran community to be appointed as a Principal Secretary and also the first from Wajir North, an expansive pastoralist region. Hon. Temporary Speaker, having sat through the approval hearing, the Committee concluded that this new State Department for the National Government Coordination will highlight capable people normally left out of such positions. Mr Abdisalan is one of them. With those many remarks, I beg the House to approve this nomination. I request Hon. Weytan, a Member of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, to second. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " Thank you. Hon. Weytan, proceed."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I can confirm that the nominee, Hon. Ahmed Abdisalan, demonstrated high professionalism, integrity, and skills for the job for which he has been nominated as Principal Secretary, State Department for National Government Coordination. He demonstrated the skills required for the position. Hon. Ahmed, the immediate former Member of Parliament for Wajir North and also a former senior person at the Kenya Red Cross, has really shown and demonstrated that he can coordinate Government departments across ministries. I can confirm that after his nomination, there were celebrations across Wajir North, the Ajuran community, and the larger North Eastern Province, including all Northern Frontier counties. This is because Hon. Ahmed Abdisalan is the first Ajuran to be appointed as a Principal Secretary. I thank the President of the Republic of Kenya for equalising Kenya. The President and the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister are looking at clan, tribal, and regional balancing across this country. That is something that brings Kenya together and unifies it. That is exactly what is required in Kenya now. However, the Murule and the Kona tribes in Mandera are among the communities not yet considered for senior positions. The Murule community is entrepreneurial, and they do business across the country, yet they have never tested any senior positions such as cabinet secretary, principal secretary, chief executive officer, director-general, managing director or ambassador. I request the appointing authorities now to consider the Murule and Kona communities in Mandera. The Kona tribe is a combination of several small clans that came together, while the Murule community represents two large constituencies in Mandera. Despite that, they have never tasted these positions. After the Ajurans have celebrated and got the first Principal Secretary, the next ones in line are the Murule and Kona tribes. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to second."
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"content": "Put the Question."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " Before I put the Question, it is only fair to give a chance to his Member of Parliament, Member for Wajir North. 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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"speaker_name": "Wajir North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is no better afternoon to be in this Parliament than today. There is no better Parliament to be than the 13th Parliament. Why am I saying this? The words of the Mover of this Motion, Hon. Raso, still echo that this is the first person from the Ajuran community to be appointed as a Principal Secretary, the first from Wajir North Constituency. That is history in the making. I am privileged to be in this Parliament this afternoon. There is nothing much to say about this person, Hon. Ahmed Abdisalan. I am his Member of Parliament, and he was my Member of Parliament in the 12th Parliament."
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"speaker_name": "Wajir North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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"content": "We went into the field in the 2022 election, and I took over. I am privileged to oversee his appointment as a Principal Secretary. His qualifications speak loudly. He has all it takes in terms of attitude. He has the gravitas to be the Principal Secretary in the State Department he has been appointed to. That aside, we have values and principles in the Constitution 2010 that we have never fully realised. I believe we are moving slowly yet closer to the progressive realisation of those values. Of significance to me this afternoon is the fact that our values speak of national unity. It is in the face of our diversity, the multitude of communities and tribes in Kenya. As much as we have that diversity and differences, we must be united. That means power—in as much as it is vertical in some way—we have one head of the Executive, the President. The rest of the power should at least permeate across these communities. We shall be one nation together, and power shall be distributed and shared among all tribes."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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"content": "We should have values of inclusion, equality, human rights, non-discrimination and protection of vulnerable communities. Hon. Junet spoke about the first person to be appointed from Suna this afternoon. I also speak on behalf of the first Ajuran to be appointed as Principal Secretary to serve in the Government. We are moving closer to the realisation of these good values that are implemented slowly. There is a slow progression to make sure that there is life in them. These values are anchored in human rights, fairness, and the protection of the less privileged. Being an Ajuran and the only Member of Parliament from that community, when we talk of Somalis, people think that this is one community. There is so much diversity in the Somali community."
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"speaker_name": "Wajir North, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Ibrahim Saney",
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"content": "I represent the Ajuran community. As the only Member from this community today, I am elated that one of us, in realising our values, has become a Principal Secretary. I congratulate the Executive, more so the President and the Prime Cabinet Secretary, for being part of that appointment in some way. This House considered his skills and approved them in equal measure. I support the Special Motion."
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