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    "id": 1013520,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 18,
        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This Bill seeks to streamline the law on the appointment of public servants. It seeks to amend the principal Act to provide in law for the mandatory retirement age of 60 years. At the moment, it is in the regulations, but they want to anchor it in law. It is a good idea. By doing so, it will provide employment to the youth, which is a very serious issue in our country. The Bill provides that there will be no exception to the retirement age and once a vacancy arises, it must be filled within 60 days. The Bill, as it is, does not have regard for special skills, expertise and special education. It does not speak to how any acting capacity that could arise in the Public Service or State corporations could be filled within six months. While the Bill is trying to address unemployment, as it is, I have serious issues with it. I do not agree with the fact that it seeks to do away with study leaves and leaves without pay. There are many Kenyans who take study leave to get education or experience so as to advance their careers. We also have Kenyans who are appointed to work overseas and their spouses take leave without pay for about three years to go and serve this nation in different capacities and come back again and continue with their professions. This Bill is trying to do away with that. In some sense, this Bill is discriminative and punitive. It is discriminative in the sense that people are discriminated on the basis of age. For sure, all the jobs we have in this county are not necessarily for the youth. There are some jobs that require serious experience, expertise and knowledge on certain matters for one to adequately serve this nation. It can be a job at the United Nations (UN), the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These positions are given to very experienced and highly educated people with special expertise to serve these institutions. So, we have to be realistic by living within the realities of the world. As we appreciate 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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