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    "id": 501928,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njagagua",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Muriuki Njagagua",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion. Indeed, I was wondering when my chance was ever going to come. I rise to support the appointment of Dr. Lydia Nzomo to be the Chair of TSC. One thing that is for sure is that the lady is highly qualified. We interviewed her in the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. She meets the threshold that is required of a holder of that office. She has academic qualifications. She has the relevant experience having put in close to 30 years of experience and service to this nation. This House is aware that the Kamunge Commission interviewed her and she emerged number one. But for various reasons which are extraneous to our debate today, her name was never forwarded to the President. Like another contributor said earlier on, this is her chance now. Those two other instances have come and gone when she was never nominated by the President but this is her chance. Of much interest to hon. Members of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology was a report emanating - a casual piece of paper - which I would call a letter or which they called a letter from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). There has been complaint that this lady has some integrity issues. Unfortunately, there is a commission in place which should work for Kenyans; which should give this Parliament reports as and when they are required. It was a shock to us that since 2012, they have been “sitting” on her case and file. They have not done any investigation and when they were called upon to give us a report, all they had to say is that Dr. Nzomo has been mentioned adversely. They never told us what issues were brought forth against her. We are talking of 2012 so they have been sleeping on that file for two years. That in itself speaks volumes of that agency because they should be giving us guidance and reports as and when we need them. We trashed it because as far as we are concerned, that agency is sleeping on its job. On the other issue, we know that the Constitution is very clear that anybody is innocent until proven guilty. So, a mere allegation that she has been adversely mentioned in certain--- We do not even know what she was mentioned adversely about. That might make this lady lose a job which she is well qualified for. The agency has done nothing to confirm the sins she has been mentioned to have committed. Moving on, we know that the TSC has not had a chairman, I now believe for the last four or so years. An organization without proper leadership speaks volumes again. We know that we have shortage of teachers. We know that there are pending cases of teachers who should be disciplined and whose matters must be heard. Before I sit down, I must say that tomorrow you"
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