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    "id": 1376017,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1376017/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malava, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Malulu Injendi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I strongly support this Bill. I have been a victim of being in an acting capacity. My former employer kept me in an acting position for six years. For confirmation of appointment, what struck me most was that I was also subjected to an interview. At the interview, I was just wondering about all the six years that I had worked there. How was it possible that I was even subjected to an interview? Luckily, I emerged at the top, and was confirmed. I also have experience with the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). The current CEO of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Board acted for nine years. When an interview was called, I remember it was this House that overturned a decision that had another person who was poised to take over from him after working for nine years, and performing excellently as he had done. It is so dehumanising to put someone in an acting position for over six months and then, finally, in some cases, you do not confirm them into appointment and other persons come on board to replace them. Then they make the person deputise and train the appointed persons on the job. It is demoralising and dehumanising, and for fellow staff, it is defeatist."
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