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    "id": 1083196,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083196/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Indeed, this is a very important Bill. The core function of the county public service board is human resource management. This is a body that is in charge of hiring and firing staff. It is, indeed, a staffing function. It is very important that we get, at least, one person with human resource management expertise. It is good the proposal has been put in place that you must have a degree from a recognised university. But a degree in which area? Looking at the academia, we now have people with degrees in human resource management. We have not had human resource management as a stand-alone discipline previously. So, I do not feel comfortable when we say that the county secretary does not need to be a member of the Human Resource Management Institute. We have had many instances when we wanted a person who is a lawyer and who is a member of the Law Society of Kenya. That way, at the click of a button, you will know the qualifications, the membership and whether one is of good standing. The secretary of the board is the chief executive officer. I find it very frustrating for the Chairman to tell us that, as secretary of the board, you do not have to be a member of the Human Resource Management Institute. It is very wrong. We want counties to embrace professionalism. You cannot compare political processes – like the ones we undertake here, where we have a chairperson and a vice-chairperson of a committee – with the administrative functions bestowed upon the secretary of the board. This one is not an election. This is a professional body that is responsible for hiring and firing of staff at the county governments. We must embrace professionalism. I will bring an amendment during the Committee of the whole House to provide that the secretary to the board must be a member of the institute. Why do we have those professional bodies? There is something called “continuous professional development.” We do not want to have a personal secretary who is a CEO. The chairman is just there to chair meetings. The secretary of the board is there to provide technical expertise as far as human resource management is concerned. If you are a member of the institute, you will be aware of any emerging issues in the human resource management field. 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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