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The proposal that Cabinet Secretaries be appointed from among existing lawmakers will with no doubt drag Kenya back to the old days, when one could serve as an MP and thereafter as a minister.
Of course this state of affairs encouraged unemployment and non-development. Here is why: in the case where a Member of Parliament is incompetent, then the same will be reflected in the ministry he will move to, if this proposal passes.
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