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I have been following comments on the government’s recent board appointments and am struck by the twists and intrigues that shade most of the negative commentators. This has persuaded me to also contribute my views, obviously with benefits from what I have heard others say.
The gist of arguments by most of those opposed to the appointments lies on what is being described as recycling of political rejects, whatever that means. Perhaps I should start by declaring that I support the appointments even though the only name I recognize is that of Fish, Dr. Stephen Njiru, and he deserves much more than that, even his brother Ken! Besides the issue of political rejects there are also some murmurs about exclusion of the youth. Kenyans have a habit of looking at people’s faces to estimate their ages instead of asking for their IDs or passports. I did not see ages shown on the lists appearing in the Gazette so am really at a loss as to how conclusions have been drawn that the youth have been largely excluded.
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