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    "content": "Hon. Members, sometimes you have to make very hard decisions. We have just said that if the person does not possess the qualifications, you are setting the person up for embarrassment because somebody will go and challenge the approval of the nominee in a court of law. This House will be left with an egg on its face. The issue was raised by one of you. It is not about emotions. On various occasions, I have stood in defence of this institution and Members. I have to do it also after due consideration of every matter that may come under attack or debate. So, the House must make a decision given the information I have in the Report, which shows that this candidate has shown that she worked in some semi-arid areas and as a clerk of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission between 2009 and 2018. Does she meet the threshold which is here? Section 6 (2) of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission says: “A person shall not be.” It is couched in mandatory terms: “Shall not be qualified.” Are we being fair to ourselves in the face of the public? What will the public think of this House? The House has the function of oversight over State organs and State officers. One of the issues in the reports you bring here every now and then, are about a person violating a certain law, for example, violation of the provisions of the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act by not doing this or that. How will this House appear in violating the provisions of Section 6 (2)? Do we then have the moral authority to oversee any person and say a person has not obeyed a law? If as a House, you do not obey the laws passed by the same House; shall we have the moral 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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