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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kisoi",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Manthi Kisoi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. It is about the future of this country in terms of the precedence and the dignity of the House. I want to thank the Chairperson of the Committee for being a patriotic Kenya and rising above regional politics to execute her mandate dutifully in order to save Kenyans. This report is not about the nominees themselves; it is about a process and the rule of law. It is about the credibility of a legal process. It is about accountability of a process that has already been set by the law. The decisions we make in this House have a lot of effect and consequences in the future. If we set a precedent today that condones non- adherence to the rule of law by any authority then we will have done a lot of disservice to this country. This is not about regional politics; it is about the children of this country. The Teachers Service Commission is candid and clear on the procedure for nominations. The selection panel ought to have adhered to the process as per the Teachers Service Commission Act, but they do not follow the process. They submitted the seven names instead of three names. We cannot be bound by judgments of convenience when actually the process is governed by the Act. What the panelists did was encourage a mass exodus of people from Jogoo House to the TSC. I must put this House on notice that the TSC now is not a house of retirees from Jogoo House. The TSC is an independent institution and it ought to be respected. One of the reasons we need the TSC to be independent as a constitutional commission is because of the interference from the bureaucratic system of the Ministry from Jogoo House. Now that we are transferring the bureaucrats in an exodus manner from Jogoo House to TSC that means that the problems that we are trying to eliminate from Jogoo House will be transferred to the TSC as an institution. We needed TSC to be independent so that it is efficient and effective in its operations. This country has been experiencing a lot of teacher unrest because their welfare is not taken into consideration. What the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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