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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "a level playing field. It is to do harmonization of what has not been done in Government service or in public service for a long time. In fact, some appointments have been done without basing them on any definite criteria. So, this Bill will help us develop curriculum or a yardstick that can be used when we get people on board. It creates a lot of comfort. It creates openness. Everybody knows that if I am in this position and I will get this, I will be able to get there. We have seen what happened a few years back where appointments like that of the Head of Public Service in Government, the Government went to source from elsewhere. We saw the kind of confusion that was there in the Government. There are people who have learnt what is supposed to be done. The only thing that we were lacking was how to improve on the performance of these people. Once we have an institution like this one, it will be easier for us to train our people and retrain them. They will be able to perform better because what we are looking at is improved productivity. We cannot talk about improved productivity if we do not train our people on how to achieve it. We have to coach them on how to achieve it. So, I find this is a very important Bill because of the changes that are taking place worldwide. We do not want to be left behind. I want to commend our universities. The moment we increased the number of universities in this country, many people have gone back to study. Initially, we only had the University of Nairobi. Then it took a bit of time, but we were able to create others. If you look at Moi University, it has been able to produce graduates in many fields. It has come up with courses in innovations and inventions. There is a lot of improvement even when those graduates work in the private sector. Many years ago, the Government carried out studies on how to improve service delivery within the Civil Service. Recommendations were put forward, but they were not implemented. They were left to gather dust in the shelves. I do not know when the last review was done, but the ones I read some time back, they made very good recommendations. However, the Government never bothered to implement them. I want to congratulate this Minister because he is keen on improving service delivery in this country. I believe that even when he will leave the Government, he will leave behind an improved Civil Service. He will be remembered as a Minister who initiated many reforms in the Civil Service. People will say that during the time of Minister Dalmas Otieno we were able to create this kind of institution which will go a long way to train our civil servants and other people who will bother to know how Government operates. As one of my colleagues said here, the intention previously was that somebody can come from the private sector and work in the Government and feel comfortable. But the problem is that if you get somebody who has been working for a company like Safaricom, the kind of innovation they have done is different from what has been done in Telkom Kenya. Telkom Kenya has not done much because of too much control by the Government. The Government has not given them a leeway to improve their service delivery to the people of this country. With this institution, people will be able to share knowledge. The other day, Steve Jobs, the wizard of the Apple passion died, but he was not selfish the way some people are. Knowledge cannot be useful to you alone if you do not share it and even improve it through sharing with other people. This is a very useful and"
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