{"id":500352,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/500352/?format=json","text_counter":246,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Chepkong’a","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1154,"legal_name":"Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga","slug":"samuel-kiprono-chepkonga"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Committee again deliberated on the rejection by the President and we looked at Section 17(1), which is very clear. It reads as follows:- “The Commission shall through an open, transparent and competitive recruitment process with the approval of the National Assembly appoint a suitably qualified person to be the secretary to the Commission”. These are operative words."}