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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mohamed Diriye",
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        "legal_name": "Diriye Abdullahi Mohamed",
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    "content": "exercise. That is because public appointments at the national level are vetted by the National Assembly. It is also very important for the county assemblies to vet any public appointments at the county government level. This will also build the capacity and growth of our county assemblies and county governments. We have very young county governments whose capacities we need to build. Coming into force of such law is very crucial. It is part of the growth of the county assemblies. I also wish to say that when a job vacancy arises at the county assembly, the advertisement requirements as put in law should clarify the criteria. Sometimes, you see a requirement of 10 to 15 years experience and yet, we want to promote the youth to get jobs. Sometimes, it locks out the youth and becomes an exclusion criterion. As said by Hon. Kiuna, we keep regurgitating old guards and people who are grandparents and yet, we have young professionals with high qualifications but who do not have jobs. Sometimes they ask you: Where do I get the experience if I am not given the opportunity to first serve in the Government. Therefore, the advertisements should be very clear on the criteria, the academic qualifications and professional experience. The level of experience should be enough to perform that function and should not be prohibitive to the applicants. One thing which I wish to make clear is that the county governments have appointed many young people to high job groups, which is very commendable. One thing we still wonder is: There are people who have been appointed to very high job groups like chief officer in Job Group “S”. When some of them left Government service, they were teachers or medical doctors. When the term of the county governments expires, are they going to go back to their original job groups? What I am saying is: Somebody who was in Job Group “M” has been appointed as a chief officer or Director at Job Group “S” in a county government and yet, when he or she was working with the national Government as a teacher, they were in Job Groups “M” or “N”. When the term of the county government expires, is he going to go back at Job Groups “M” or “S”? This is something which we need to clarify even as we make this law to cater for the rights of the individuals who have been serving the Government for a very long time. It will be very unfair if a chief officer at Job Group “S” goes back to the national Government where he previously worked at Job Group “M”. That is a big gap which the law has not catered for. I would wish to bring amendments at the appropriate stage so that people who are in higher job groups go back to their original jobs in the same job groups they are currently serving in. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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