{"id":694689,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/694689/?format=json","text_counter":820,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wako","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":366,"legal_name":"Amos Sitswila Wako","slug":"amos-wako"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand corrected. As usual, you correct me, I know. As far as this position is concerned, the issue is not the questions that are being asked. It has been shown and demonstrated that she applied for the post of chief officer, that she was interviewed and she was appointed chief officer. So that issue is really irrelevant, we do not want to waste time on asking irrelevant questions. The issue as far as I know is that she then was appointed by the Governor as Acting Secretary. She was appointed in an acting position for three months and that up now the substantive post of County Secretary has not been filled. It is not in dispute as far as I know that the Governor can appoint the Chief Officer in an acting capacity as County Secretary. However, what is in dispute is why she should continue to be County Secretary after the three months period is over and why the substantive post of County Secretary has not been advertised and appointed. That is the issue."}