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    "id": 395904,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Section 8 of the Teachers Service Commission Act and the provisions of Standing Order 45, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology on Vetting of Nominees to the Teachers Service Commission laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013. Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the members of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.199, it is my pleasure and duty to present to the House the Committee’s Report on vetting of the nominees to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The TSC is an independent constitutional commission established pursuant to the provisions of Article 237 of the Constitution; the appointment of the chairperson and members of the Commission is provided for under Sections 5 and 8 of the TSC Act, No.20 of 2012. The selection panel constituted pursuant to the TSC Act, No.20 of 2012, conducted interviews of the people shortlisted for the positions of chairperson and members of the Commission. The panel awarded marks with regard to how each of the nominees performed and the score sheet is annexed to the report that I am very much aware Members have. In addition, pursuant to Section 87 of the TSC Act, which states that the President shall within seven days of receipt of the names forwarded to him nominate one person and eight others for the appointment as chairperson and members of the Commission and forward the names to the National Assembly, on Wednesday 18th September, 2013 the Speaker of the National Assembly gave a communication regarding the message from His Excellency the President nominating the following members to the TSC: Mr. Kiragu wa Magochi for the position of chairperson; Mr. Fred Ekirapa for the position of member of the TSC; Ms. Jacinta Kapiyo as a member of the TSC; Mr. William Makubo as a member of the TSC; Mr. James Nkoroi and Mr. Mohammed Mwinyipembe as members of the TSC."
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