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    "id": 1104489,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1104489/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 239,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Keter",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
        "slug": "david-ole-sankok"
    },
    "content": "The current national requirement is that those seeking employment in the public sector should get clearance from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) and Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). Clearance certificates ordinarily sought by employers relate to certification of the status of a potential employee tax compliance, ethics and integrity, credit worthiness and criminal liability. By inference, the relevant institutions that issue the said clearance certificates are EACC, HELB, KRA, DCI and the CRB. The issuance of clearance certificate ought not to be treated as a revenue stream by public entities mandated to issue the same. I know CRB charges Kshs2,200 for the clearance certificate while the DCI charges Kshs1,050 for the certificate of good conduct, which is valid for one year from the date of issuance. Whereas the EACC does not charge any fee, jobseekers incur advocate’s costs relating to the commissioning of self-declaration form which is required to be sworn in the presence of the Commissioner of Oaths. I propose that the self-declaration form contained in the First Schedule to the Leadership and Integrity Act be amended to remove the requirement for commissioning by a Commissioner of Oaths or a magistrate."
}