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    "id": 1416704,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chepkonga",
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    "content": "of the Public Service Commission, is to enable the Executive to recruit and deploy the appropriate number of officers – in this case the chief administrative secretaries, who are required to deliver the programmes of the Government. You do not just walk into government and you find that you are unable to work effectively because you do not have people to help you. You will look for the people. The Constitution gives you the power to do so. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in our oversight role, it is incumbent upon us to determine as to whether we have allocated sufficient money under the budget, or if the money is being used for the right purposes. That is our role. Our role is not to curtail the functions of the Executive. There are very many things that have been talked about the purported people, who should be appointed as CASs. It has been said that failures and people who lost elections will be appointed. I do not know when losing elections became a crime in this country. People lose elections. People lost elections in 2022, 2017 and 2013. People have been losing elections from time immemorial. Article 27(4) of the Constitution says that no person shall be discriminated against on account of anything, including marital status, pregnancy, colour and even losing an election. If you cannot discriminate against someone based on pregnancy, you cannot discriminate against a person on account of losing an election."
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