{"id":286262,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286262/?format=json","text_counter":162,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Prof. Olweny","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Education","speaker":{"id":122,"legal_name":"Patrick Ayiecho Olweny","slug":"patrick-olweny"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware of Ministry officers who sat for promotional examinations in June 2011. There is no promotional examination under Rapid Results Initiative (RRI). The RRI of 2011 was a strategy that the Ministry used to fast-track the process of promotion cases for officers in the Ministry. (b) I wish to provide the following information regarding promotion of officers in the Ministry: - (i) all promotion cases for Job Group “L” and above are done by the Public Service Commission; (ii) to date, the Ministry has processed promotions for over 1,800 officers in various cadres since January 2011 under the RRI, thus facilitating career progression in the Ministry; (iii)in February 2012, the Ministry also declared all the 49 vacant posts in Job Group “P” and above to the Commission to facilitate the advertisement of the same; and, (iv) the Ministry is still continuing to compile other received cases for submission to the Public Service Commission for their consideration."}