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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as I beg to reply, I want to apologize for the fact that this Question has been on the Order Paper for quite a while and, at some stage, I sought the indulgence of Mr. C. Kilonzo. I want to thank Mr. Oparanya for trying to get to me, but I was actually watching the proceedings on the television. I need to beg the indulgence of this House because by 9.00 a.m. I was supposed to open an international conference on tourism. I am sure we all know how important this is at this particular time when the country is facing some of these challenges. So, I had to seek the indulgence of Mr. Balala to rush to the House, answer this Question and then rush back to KICC to open the conference. That is how serious I take the business of the house. With that, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry recruited professionals from outside Prisons Service due to a shortage of professional expertise in the service to meet the demands of the ongoing reform programme. Additional officers were, therefore, required to enhance the professional capacity of the service. Serving officers with similar qualifications acquired prior to or after the recruitment are eligible to apply for re-designation, promotion or upgrading, subject to the authority of the Public Service Commission (PSC). (b) A preliminary signal communication dated 13th May, 2010 was corrected following consultations with all the relevant Government agencies, where it was advised that the envisaged recruitment exercise was restricted to direct entry candidates. Nevertheless, the Ministry recognizes officers who have independently taken their own initiative and made the sacrifice to attain higher educational and professional qualifications. I am sure you know that, even as I speak, many prisoners - leave alone serving officers - are busy doing national examinations. A few others joined the department as warders, but failed to declare that they possessed higher qualifications such as university degrees. Such officers usually receive priority consideration for promotion and many have recently been upgraded to chief officer ranks. The Ministry has also made a skills inventory of all officers and it shows that officers continue to attain diploma, certificate and degree qualifications. Those officers will be considered for upgrading once our authorized establishment is expanded. (c) The list of all the serving officers who applied for the jobs as well as the details of officers recruited from outside the service is hereby provided. I beg to present this list together with the Question."
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