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    "id": 1134623,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1134623/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13373,
        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
        "slug": "owen-yaa-baya"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As I support and commend the Committee for the good job that they have done, I ask myself two questions: Is it only one community in this country that is entitled to the position of the Chairperson of the Public Service Commission? The three previous holders of this office have all come from the same community. Is there a statement to the effect that it is the preserve of only one community? Secondly, is the Public Service Commission inclusive as contemplated in the Constitution? How come certain communities in this country have never served on that Commission? If you look at the matrix of which tribe has more employees in the Public Service Commission, you will find that there is a correlation between the Chairperson of the Commission and the community with the highest number of employees. There is a positive correlation. What does that speak to? It speaks to a lot of favouritism, nepotism and ethnicisation of the Public Service Commission through the appointment of the Chairperson. Those of us who come from small communities also ask to be given an opportunity to chair the Public Service Commission so that we can also employ our people and balance the Public Service. Hon. Deputy Speaker…"
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