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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. I want to thank the Ministry of Education and the very vibrant former Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. I want to point out one or two issues which are of concern to me. The first one is the qualifications for the appointment of the chairperson and members of TSC, and specifically with regard to the knowledge and experience of at least ten years in the following fields: education, governance, management, law, and others. My concern is that my profession has been left out. I think there is no Commission which can operate without finance. I would like to see a degree in finance as one of the recognized qualifications in this regard. Secondly, Clause 9 states that the chairperson, members and the secretary shall each make and subscribe before the Chief Justice the oath or affirmation set out in the First Schedule. I believe that it should be the Chief Justice or a judge of the Supreme Court. This is because it is not always possible to have the Chief Justice at hand to carry out duties. On Clause 10 on disqualifications, the office of the chairperson and a member shall become vacant if the holder, in sub-clause (c), is convicted of a criminal offence and is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than six months. I think this is contrary to Chapter Six of the Constitution. Any criminal offence, or rather any sentence, should suffice to disqualify somebody permanently. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to numbering, if you look at Part II of the Bill on page 1,343, that is the first page after the Short Title, you will realize that the numbering has been confused. Those clauses should be running thus number five should remain five, but number six needs to be relooked at up to the end, because they are running---"
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