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    "id": 362818,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Saney",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2988,
        "legal_name": "Ibrahim Abdi Saney",
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    "content": "Pursuant to Standing Order 44 (2)(c) I wish to request for a statement from the chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs regarding the challenges facing membership of the Teachers Service Commission. Hon. Deputy Speaker, TSC advertised to fill vacancies in its membership in September 2012. Consequently, 11 candidates for the position of member of Commission and five for chairperson were shortlisted and interviewed in October 2012. Thereafter, the selection panel forwarded five candidates for the Commission’s position and three candidates for chairperson to the Principals, for onward submission of one nominee for chairperson and three nominees to Parliament for consideration and approval. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the candidates were referred to the relevant Departmental Committee. In its first report dated 2nd January 2013, the Committee recommended the names be approved but the House rejected the nominees. The President submitted a second list of nominees for approval to Parliament however the list submitted contained the same names as were rejected by the House except for one, Mr. Cleopas Tirop. The relevant Committee made a second report recommending approval of the list and the House approved the nominees on 9th January 2013, this was in total contravention of the TSC Act which requires a fresh list to be resubmitted. Hon. Deputy Speaker, a petition was lodged in court on the appointment of the approved nominees for Commissioners and chairperson on 25th March, 2013 and the court ruled that the nomination was improper, null and void in law. The court further directed that the President picks the next set of candidates based on meritocracy, gender and regional balance from the list of shortlisted and interviewed candidates. Among the nominees, only Mr. Cleopas Tirop met the requirement of fresh nomination hence was appointed and sworn in as a Commissioner. Hon. Deputy Speaker, in his statement the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs should explain why the court ruling was not implemented in light of the remaining two vacancies for members of the Commission; why the State Law Office is not fulfilling its constitutional mandate of advising the President to submit the names of the remaining Commissioners as ruled by the High Court and duly guided by the TSC Act. And thirdly, why the Attorney General is allowing the TSC and constitutional Commission to face a potential crisis as the term of the remaining five Commissioners is coming to an end on 14th January 2013, leaving only one Commissioner in office from 15th June 2013. Thank you."
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