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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kobado",
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        "legal_name": "John Owuor Onyango Kobado",
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    "content": "I stand guided, hon. Speaker. The issue of looking at the National Gender and Equality Commission Act is escapist. As far as I am concerned, there is no serious confusion in the Act. I am an expert in management and I can tell you that there isno confusion. Much as it says that the Chairperson is supposed to provide supervision and direction to the Commission, that does not give her a licence to micro-manage the secretariat. This Commission hired an institution of the Government to prepare their organisational structure because basically institutions operate on legal structures. In the event that there is confusion in the Act, they should have used the legal structure to be able to operate. The Directorate of Personnel Management (DPM) was hired at a cost of Kshs5 million to prepare a structure for the Commission which the Chairperson decided to throw away and reorganise and prepare her own structure which she has been using. In the structure it is clear that the role of the Chairperson is to oversee. It is really to provide direction as far as management of the Commission is concerned. However, the day to day operational running of the Commission remains the responsibility of the CEO. We have been told of two payslips existing, in the Report. These two payslips are signed by the Chairperson, a responsibility which is not hers. If you critically look at the payslips, one that is directing payment to the bank is signed by Madam Lichuma who is the Chairperson of the Commission, yet the CEO had already signed another payslip. This is total mismanagement and micro-management of the institution. We cannot have a Chairperson who is signing payslips, who is a procurement officer and who is doing more or less everything. Things cannot work like that. Structures are there to be able to guide proper management of institutions. However, you cannot direct everything into one office and you expect to be able to get any results. 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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