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    "id": 844492,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to support this Report. Before I give my comments, I want to declare that I have read this Report thoroughly and so, as I contribute, I will mention what the Report says. I want to start by congratulating the nominees. Some of them are very qualified and they are going to do a good job. It is important we remind Members where we are coming from. Those of us who were in the 11th Parliament did not have a good experience with the SRC of the time. I want to urge Members, as we pass these names, let us be very objective so that we do not regret later. Please, let us not be subjective in passing these names. We have Hon. Dalmas Otieno. All of us know him. We have read what his CV says. He is very qualified to be in this Commission. I am sure he is going to do a good job. I would urge the House to approve him. We must thank you, Hon. Speaker, for what you have said about the nominee who is not going to be discussed. We do not have any personal issues with the individuals. We are looking at the Constitution and procedure. I want to refer Members to page 23 of the Report. The nominee by the name Nelly Peris Ashubwe is very qualified. But I want us to read from No. 11 to 14. No.11 says: The foregoing notwithstanding, and without any prejudice therefore, Ms. Nelly Peris Ashubwe was not validly nominated as her nomination was not subjected to competitive recruitment, neither was it conducted in a transparent manner as decreed by Section 6(1) and 7 of the SRC Act; which requires that any such recruitment ought to be conducted in a competitive and transparent manner. Just below there, it is said that, Ms. Nelly Ashubwe never applied to be nominated and neither was she ever shortlisted as one of the persons who had applied as per the advertisement issued by COTU as evidenced by the list published in the local dailies. It goes on to state that she has never worked as a public servant; neither as a State officer nor has any trade union background."
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