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    "id": 1064466,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Murang’a CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sabina Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "It is important to mention that Ms. Tabitha is just a Corporate Affairs and Events Manager at the IEBC. The position that the Committee has presented today is a part-time basis position and not a formal employment. Ms. Tabitha is there out of her experience having been in the media industry. It is also good that I disclose that I have been in the media industry. She is only there to give her advice to the Council. This is not a formal employment. I do not want to go into the details because due process was followed. This position was advertised. Even when she was given the position, it was gazetted and the details are there. What could have happened two years down the line? Let us not engage in boardroom fights in Parliament. We need to rise above those boardroom fights. It is wrong for committees of this House to be involved in such issues. I would like to ask the Committee whether the lady was invited to appear before them. When she was told to give a written submission, she begged to be given a chance to appear before the Committee even virtually, but she was denied the opportunity. How then do we come to a conclusion and say that the position is illegal? The Cabinet Secretary and even the unions are in support of her expertise in that part-time job. Therefore, I urge this House that we reject the Report and move on to more serious business that is before the House. I submit, Hon. Speaker."
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