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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I want to say that I have a lot of respect for the Committees of this House and moreso, this particular Committee knowing the calibre of hon. Members of this Committee, headed by my very good friend, Mr. Were. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I have problems, like hon. Mbadi, in supporting the recommendations of this Committee. I say so because I am on record as a man who does not favour any side in as far as these things are concerned. If there was a case, as the Committee was making it, I would be the first person to support it. In fact, I read this Report three times to try to understand the issues the Committee was raising, but I could not get them. The process that was used by the Board was very clear. Through Manpower Services Limited, they advertised the position. It was a re- advertisement. The Committee argues that it was done for five days, but as it has been argued by hon. Mbadi, five days are more than enough today. We have moved from the old days where you had to advertise for 14 days, because they were days of newspaper advertisements. We are told that this job was actually available in the KAA website. Therefore, five days was obviously more than sufficient. We are also told in the Report that the Board had instructed Manpower Services Limited, which by the way is a professional firm that has been properly contracted by the KAA Board to recruit staff for them, to select six. They received over 150 applications. So, when the Committee says that it wants all Kenyans to be given an opportunity, 150 applicants for a Chief Executive Officer’s job are all Kenyans. The Manpower Services Limited was told to select six but since there were two members of staff who were interested in this position, they increased the number to eight. That was not enough. They set the questions and the Board said that every applicant must be asked the same questions to be fair. On the day of the interview, only four candidates were present. Again, the Board, to show that it was concerned about fairness, postponed interviews until the following day when all candidates would be available. So, the Board was very keen to conduct a very fair selection."
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