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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Clause 15 is on employment record. We sit with you in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). You remember that when we did the report on the Judiciary, one of the problems that were carried by this House was the reason for the existence of problems that were there in the reconstituted Judiciary. That is because yes, the Chief Justice was highly educated, the Deputy Chief Justice was highly educated and even the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary was highly educated. But all these three who were the heads of the Judiciary, one thing they had in common was that none of them had notable experience in leading a large organization. In fact, none of them had had notable experience in working for a public institution. The fact that we are insisting on employment record is a very soft way of saying that no school, no college, no university in this world teaches experience. It is something that you get because you have been there for the time that you have been there. A time has come. I came from the private sector. I am blessed by God to have sat here, now this is my ninth year, I know the dynamics in public service are very different from the dynamics in private sector. The considerations in public service and the inertia of public service are completely different from the inertia of the private sector. Therefore, when we are looking to give people high positions in public service, we cannot be deaf to the requirement that they ought to have had some experience in public service. It becomes a problem how you see things. You cannot just jump from the private sector and want to lead at a very high positon in the public sector without having had that experience. So, it goes to say that much as we are going to demand all these qualifications, it is not just enough for people to state in a curriculum vitae qualifications. It is also important for people to present certified copies. When we say certified copies, even those commissioners of oath who certify documents which are false ought to be penalised through a statute such as this one. Lastly is on the issue of deferred remuneration in lost income. It has to be taken into account because moving forward, the fact that you are going into a new position should not necessarily in some respect equate to walking backwards in so far as personal progress is concerned. With those remarks, I support."
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