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    "id": 287076,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the law then goes ahead to define the mandate of the National Assembly in Section 66. It says:- “The National Assembly shall within 21days of the day that it next seats after receipt of the names of the applicants under Sub-Section 5 vet and consider all the applicants and may approve or reject any or all of them.” This then raises my first question. The Committee says in its own words on page five of the Report:- “The Committee in its 27th sitting held on Wednesday, 2nd May, 2012 resolved to invite all the persons shortlisted to the position of Chairperson of the Commission.” In fact, as proof of that, the Committee has attached details of all the persons that it went ahead to invite and interview. My question is; did the Committee violate Section 6 of the National Police Service Commission Act by going beyond the list submitted both by the panel and the President to this House? That is my first question. The second question is whether the action of the Committee to raise ---- and I raise this question out of the following statement made by the Committee on page five. It says:- “The Committee sought to establish whether the Selection Panel had conducted a fair interview based on merit to select the best candidate who possessed the relevant knowledge and experience needed to transform the current police force.” The Committee then goes further to make the following statement on page 20. “The committee observed, for instance, that Ms. Jean Njeri Kamau who scored the highest marks was ranked top amongst the lawyers interviewed and had the requisite qualifications for the appointment as set out in the Constitution and yet she was not nominated as the Chairperson of the National Police Service Commission.” There are several other instances where the committee seems to be going beyond the mandate clearly set in Section 66 which states clearly that:-"
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