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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "provisions of Article 127(2)(d) of the Constitution, this House appoints Hon. Johnston Muthama as a Member of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Hon. Speaker, we laid the Report of the Parliamentary Service Commission on the Table of the House yesterday afternoon. As I said, I am only doing this on behalf of the Parliamentary Service Commission. If Members have had an opportunity to go through the Report, they will see that due process has been followed because the most important thing in this recruitment processes is to ensure that due process is followed. Having perused this Report, I am satisfied, as I am sure many other Members are, that due process was followed in consideration of the 171 applications and shortlisting of eight qualified applicants whose interviews were conducted by the Commission. Subsequently, the recommendation to the House is contained in that Report to fill that vacancy with Hon. Johnston Muthama. I also confirm that Hon. Muthama meets the set requirements for appointment to this position of a Commissioner. He has the requisite academic credentials, technical proficiency, leadership and public affairs skills that put him above many of the other 170 applicants who had applied for this position. I agree with the Commission’s recommendation towards the appointment of Hon. Johnston Muthama as a Commissioner for a set term of six years as stipulated under our Constitution. He will only serve a one six-year term. Hon. Muthama is coming to replace Hon. Chepkonga who was here yesterday afternoon as the Report was being tabled. It was mentioned that he resigned to run in the 2022 General Elections. I heard him affirm that he is here meaning he was elected and made it back to the House. As we thank Hon. Chepkonga for the good work that he did while working as a Commissioner in the last Commission in the 12th Parliament, we encourage Hon. Muthama who has served this country and this House as a Member of Parliament and a Whip in this House and in the Senate. He is, therefore, an experienced legislator and somebody who knows the issues that concern Members of Parliament, Senators and their welfare. We expect that Hon. Johnston Muthama will take up this position in the Commission, if and when approved by this House, and serve in the Commission to ensure that Members’ welfare and all their concerns are properly addressed. I challenge Hon. Muthama that having served in this House when there were very few Members of Parliament and when not all Members of Parliament were accommodated in offices, he knows the same problem persists. As the Commission has promised, we would be encouraging Hon. Muthama, when he joins the Commission, to ensure that that tower is completed. At least I have seen that during the night all the lights are on. I even asked why are we wasting power and I was told the technicians were testing the lighting system in the offices and the lifts. Therefore, it is a good sign that there is some progress toward the completion of the tower to ensure that all these MPs serve their constituents well and with proper facilities."
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