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    "id": 464911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Lydia Nzomo, who scored 80.3 per cent. Kenyans want to be served by the best of the best. Why are we taking the cheapest of the cheap? Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know that Ms. Lydia Nzomo, who is not in the House, is a Kenyan out there who offered herself to serve this country. I understand her position very well, probably because in the past I have offered myself to serve my country in a position which was a subject of discussion of the Tenth Parliament on this Floor. I scored the best to serve as the Managing Director for Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBs), but in total disregard to meritocracy and professionalism a person who was listed lower that me on the list was offered the job. For how long must we allow this kind of impunity to continue in this country? The selection panel went outside its mandate in terms of having one of the persons on the panel to be included in the list. We need diversity in skills. The recommendations given to us by the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology are clear that the persons listed here have a background in education. We need people with a background in management. We need people who understand human resource issues. Therefore, this list lacks diversity in terms of skills. As per the recommendations of the Committee I support this Motion because the interests of the people with disability have not been taken care of."
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