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    "speaker_name": "Kangundo, GDDP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fabian Muli",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Report from our Committee. Indeed, the candidate is a Kenyan citizen as per Article 78(1) and (2) of the Constitution and we even checked Chapter Six found that she is qualified. She has very rich experience of public service in this country. Looking at Section 80 of the PSC Act, the retirement age for civil servants is 60 years and those with disability is 65 years. This will be a conflict of interest because the nominee is coming to serve the SRC, which is in the public sector. It will be a conflict sitting in a commission when you are above retirement age. The retirement age of judges is 70 years and as per the report presented to this House, the candidate is 75 years. There is no explicit age given by the Constitution but a commissioner working for SRC is a public officer of this country. We are crying for the younger generation to get positions. So, the Committee felt that recycling a person who is 75 years to serve in public service will be a bad idea. We are looking for energetic manpower for this position. There are a lot of challenges facing the Kenyan manpower. For example, Parliament has not been categorised and we do not know where we belong. We do not know which manpower is supposed to pay taxes. So, we are looking for an energetic candidate to handle the manpower in the country. I know the candidate has a Doctorate (PhD) in Labour and Information Communication Technology (ICT), but after long scrutiny we felt that she needs to relax or come as a consultant for the SRC and not to serve on fulltime basis. I support the Report and urge Hon. Members to support it. Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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