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    "id": 610163,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kobado",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Owuor Onyango Kobado",
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    "content": "So, we are dealing with a Chairperson who is autocratic, dictatorial and who more or less runs the institution like her own business. These are things we need to look at so that we do not end up with a repeat of these kinds of things. The Chairperson has violated the Employment Act, 2007. Much as I may not go deeply into that but that is part of the confusion that has brought role conflict and role ambiguity in the institution. That is the serious constant interference and intimidation of staff working under the Chairperson. Hon. Speaker, there is procedural impropriety reigning supreme in the organization. The funding that the National Gender and Equality Commission has been receiving is declining every year. It has declined terribly from the year she took over to date and as at now they are receiving something close to Kshs.5 million. So much as she is a lady, we should not just allow things to run the way they are running. We are defending her simply because she is a lady or simply because she comes from one region. If you look at her office, she employs five staff and out of the five staff, four of them come from one region; from one ethnic community where she comes from and majority of them were recruited by her without following the due process. These are things we have to look at critically and we should not allow them to go just like that. There is a lot to be looked at. Some issues need to be investigated further as has been recommended by some other people. We need to look at this issue of pay slip and take it to the CID to investigate critically what happened. On the issue of procurement - single sourcing - she is single handedly sourcing and dictating that some of those things must be done according to her instructions. I want to say that the Committee should stand the credibility test. Some of the evidence that was produced in this Report to support the Petition has been expunged from the file and I have a copy where they have been expunged. The evidence---"
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