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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Parliament of Kenya. In this regard, Mr. Sialai, having been appointed to chair the task force of staff that led the review of the National Assembly’s Standing Orders to accord with the provisions of the new Constitution, successfully and meticulously steered the process. He has also led the team in drafting the Senate Standing Orders. The candidate that the Commission is proposing to the House for approval today has been tried, tested and prepared by the system. He has been exposed to extensive local and international trainings that have built the kind of capacity that makes him the undisputed heir of the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly. Among the strategic trainings that Mr. Sialai has undergone are a senior management course in leadership for results programme in Swaziland, transforming leadership seminar at the International Leadership Foundation and the United States of America (USA) Congress Parliamentary Staff Institute training on strengthening of committee operation in Washington, USA, among others. Mr. Sialai has also been attached to various parliamentary jurisdictions of similar, nearly similar or different parliamentary models. The sterling and illustrious service rendered by Mr. Sialai to Parliament and the nation has earned him recognition within and outside Parliament. In 2010, Mr. Sialai was feted as the third best overall employee of the year by the PSC. Five years later in 2015, on recommendation of the PSC, he was conferred the national award of the Elder of the Burning Spear (EBS) by His Excellency the President. There is no doubt that Mr. Sialai, EBS, has the requisite qualifications, charisma, experience, demeanour and flair of parliamentary work that makes him more suited for the appointment to take over from Mr. Justin Nthiiri Bundi as the Clerk of the National Assembly. Finally, Hon. Speaker, on your own behalf as the Chairperson of the PSC, allow me to most sincerely appreciate the outgoing Clerk, Mr. Justin Bundi, CBS, for his selfless, dedicated and dynamic service rendered to the National Assembly as its pioneer Clerk under the new Constitution and also as the Clerk of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), which is the East African Community’s legislative body. With those few remarks, I beg to move the Motion and urge the House to approve the appointment of Mr. Michael Rotich Sialai, EBS, as the Clerk of the National Assembly with effect from 22nd March 2017. I also request the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Aden Duale to second."
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