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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "the job and the job description, whereby you get a cook as a CEC member for roads. If we entertain that, we are going to have many problems. As we move forward, vetting should also look at experience. Experience will add a lot of value and help when it comes to issues of experiential learning. It is also important that there must be the element of regional balance because it is outlined in the Constitution. At least 30 per cent of all county government appointments must come from outside the county. So, it is important that this matter is institutionalised so that regional representation is put into consideration. As we move on, academic qualification is very critical. We have seen many people moving out and within a year they come back with a degree. It is high time we understood where such degrees come from. This is the responsibility of the CUE. We have many universities, some in the streets. Some people go there and within a year or less, they have a degree and yet there is no evidence to show that they ever attended any class. It is, indeed, important that when it comes to education, we must be able to check. Any academic certificate must be verified by CUE or through the university one went to. Tax compliance is, indeed, key. Any person that is going to be given a job must have a tax compliance certificate. This can only be issued by KRA and it must be verified because there are people getting tax compliance certificates and yet they have not complied with their tax obligations. A certificate of good conduct is also important. It must be got from the DCI. I get worried because as much as the EACC is supposed to clear one, we have seen cases where it has not been doing a good job. Hon. Speaker, the EACC have not been doing a good job. They do not take their work seriously. I am in the Appointments Committee. I remember the time we were vetting Chirchir he was given clearance by the EACC. Later on, they brought a report of a case that was still under investigation. It is high time we looked at the EACC. The reports they have been giving are very sketchy, shoddy and they do not give full disclosure. It is, indeed, important that we get correct information from this Commission. When it comes to the HELB, it is also necessary that a responsible Kenyan gets clearance. You must clear the loan that you were given while at the university so that, that money can help other students who cannot afford to pay their fees. We have many cases of people who have been referred to the Credit Reference Bureaus. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) had issued two licences. The Credit Reference Bureaus need to be devolved. You can imagine somebody coming from Trans-Nzoia County having to travel all the way to Nairobi to get clearance from a Credit Reference Bureau. This is going to be hectic. The institutions that are supposed to clear people must look for ways of devolving their services to counties. Alternatively, they can offer their services online for the convenience of people who reside outside Nairobi. On the issue of the questionnaire, I know that they have borrowed from the national one. That questionnaire needs some amendments. In fact, I am working on a Bill to amend what Mungatana had put in place. We have been using that tool five years down the line. We have been saying that we are going to improve it. Hon. Speaker, you have been the Chair of the Appointments Committee. It is also high time we improved that tool so that when it comes to the next general election, we can increase the threshold. Otherwise, it is a good thing. I can see that the Senate has started working. This is something which should have been done long time ago. Although it has come a bit late, it is a good thing and I call upon this House to support it. 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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