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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, after consideration, the Minister felt that the Board had not reached a vetting conclusion, and then selected candidate number four, Joseph K. Kosgey, as the new MD of the KEBS. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the whole process of recruiting the new Managing Director (MD) cost the council a total of Kshs16, 528,503.55 with Kshs15, 990,401.55 in allowances for the Board members and also having paid KPMG a down payment of Kshs538, 118. These are the Committee’s observations:- (i)The Committee was concerned that the advertisement notice did not give Kenyans sufficient time to apply and also observed that there was lack of equal opportunity to gender. (ii)After gathering information from all the parties, the Committee observed that the Minister and Permanent Secretary have contradictory views which endanger the operation of the institution, considering that the MD reports to the Permanent Secretary. In the present scenario, the appointed MD, Mr. Kosgey, has no official appointing letter. (iii)The Committee in its findings noted that the score sheets from the Board and the ones used by the Minister having been received from the ad hoc committee were different. The Committee also noted that the report to the Minister was not signed and, therefore, not authentic. (iv)The Committee observed that the National Standards Council (NSC) may not have had the capacity to carry out the given task on its own. (v)The advertisement to the position did not clarify if the people who worked for the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) were eligible to apply or not, hence subjecting the candidates of the institution to a futile exercise. (vi)The NSC misled and misinformed the Minister by giving two different lists of nominees; one forwarded by the chairman himself through the Permanent Secretary and another set by some members of the ad hoc committee. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee has four recommendations, thus:- (i)The advertisement be specific in the requirements and the people legible for the position to avoid subjecting others to a futile exercise especially if the applicants include the staff at the KEBS. In other words, if the employees of KEBS are not eligible, then they should not be subjected to this futile exercise. (ii)The Committee recommends that due to irredeemable disagreements among the Board members, the Minister and the Permanent Secretary on the process and the outcome, the Board to be dissolved with immediate effect and the Minister undertakes a fresh recruitment process for the post of MD, KEBS. (iii)The Committee met the National Cohesion and Integration Commission. The Committee deliberated its findings and attached are the Commission’s recommendations for the House to consider. (iv)The Committee recommends further investigation regarding the prudent use of taxpayers’ money of Kshs14, 195,742.35 which was used in the entire recruitment exercise. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the Committee’s Report which I have moved. I will ask the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Affey, to second the Motion."
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