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    "id": 1036751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "through the Clerk of the Senate pursuant to Article 119(1) of the Constitution. The petition was read on 8th September, 2020 in the Senate, and thereafter committed to the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. Mr. Speaker, Sir, at its 41st Sitting held on Thursday, 29th September 2020, the Committee considered the petition and thereafter held a session with the petitioner. When this Petition was brought before the House, Members felt that it should be speedily dealt with because it looked like somebody who did not want to be in certain department. However, there was more than meets the eye. The Committee deliberated on the issue and made the following recommendations: - (a) THAT, the petitioner was indeed serving the Tharaka-Nithi County as the Director of Procurement (Supply Chain Management) since 2018 following a request by the County. Further, following his prosecution in 2018 and subsequent termination of charges by the court in July 2019, the County Public Service Board of Tharaka Nithi effected a redeployment from the Department of Finance and Economic Planning (Procurement) to the Department of Education, Youth Vocational Training, Culture, Sports and Tourism, albeit in the same capacity. (b) In as much as we found that there were serious issues that the petitioner had and was possibly non-compliant with certain regulations, Section 85 and Section 86 of the Public Service Commission Act provides for modalities of hearing appeals in respect of any decision relating to engagement of any person in a County Government, including decisions in respect of recruitment, selection, appointment and qualifications attached to any office; disciplinary control among other aspects including provisions for enforcement by the Employment and Labour Relations Court; (c) THAT, Under Section 65 (2) of the County Governments Act provides that – in determining whether an appointment, promotion or re-designation has been undertaken in a fair and transparent manner, the overriding factors shall be merit, fair competition and representation of the diversity of the County; and (d) THAT, the petitioner’s case is yet to be determined by the Tharaka Nithi County Service Board having communicated on the 9th March 2020 with no replies; the Public Service Commission and the Commissions for Administrative Justice is yet to finalize on the as the County Service Board is yet to respond to the letters send by the two commissions."
}