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    "id": 1097744,
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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "positions. Many Kenyans nowadays fear responding to adverts because they do not want to be taken through the rigmarole. For those who are daring enough, I really congratulate them. They have put all their details to scrutiny. It is only the brave who will be rewarded. As Shakespeare said, cowards die many times before their death. For those who fear to even apply, they can now come and say: “How come so-and-so was taken and I think I qualify?” You have not even applied. So, I congratulate Annceta Wafukho for being daring enough. Having gone through Parliament and then faced the panel until the parliamentary one, now she is on her way to becoming a commissioner of the TSC. Indeed, when you look through all the others, you see people who have a passion for academia. You see the research they have done, the qualifications, the journals they have written and it just shows you that the future of the TSC is progressively getting into the right hands. We do not just have a number of people who are there to fill the seats and leaving it almost to the executive within the organisation to do what they need to do and then we end up with all manner of things. I know the CEO, who is a great lady, and her team. But she will not be there forever. It is this institution that will need to grow so that even the next CEO who will come, however qualified, will at least have a good back-up team of a board that has passion for education. If you look at one of the nominees, Ms. Sharon Kisire – and I have just picked one at random - in addition to her educational qualifications, she is a person who has excelled within the human resource management area. In 2011, she was runners-up in the human resource manager of the year competition by the Kenya Institute of Management. In 2010, she was in the first place of human resource management award. In 2009, she was in the first runners-up company of the year award. She has a Head of State Commendation and manager of the year in 2008 of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). So, you are really looking at somebody who has not only managed people, but has also excelled and has been recognised by other people as an effective human resources manager. I highlight this because the role of TSC is to manage teachers. When you have that kind of resource, we believe TSC will be in the right hands. I am so happy with the Report that the Committee has prepared. It has given us all the details. We do not even have to add up numbers. The facts speak for themselves, so I have absolutely no reason for not supporting this Report. I wish to ask Members to support it. The nominees represent regional diversity and if you add up the other three commissioners already in place, you will have the whole face of Kenya at the TSC. A good thing need not be over-advertised. I believe the Report speaks for itself and the people have spoken for themselves. I wish to support and ask Members to give the necessary support as soon as we can, so that we can go to the other weightier matter of elections that affects all of us. Much as teachers affect us, this looks like a straightforward matter that we can dispense with in a little time as possible. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support."
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