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    "id": 867547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also support this list of nominees. I would like to thank and congratulate the nominating authority for ensuring that this time there was a serious attempt to ensure regional balance and he looked at marginalised areas. We could not have everybody represented in this list but having participated in the exercise that vetted the list of nominees, I can confirm that the Committee was very serious in looking through the list that was presented before it. As our Chairman said, we were particularly interested in ensuring that we complied with Article 250 (4) of the Constitution. We even went further to also look up the names of the actual applicants on the internet. We were satisfied that the final list that was presented truly reflected what one would want to see in a public service commission. We not only looked at the regions but we also went deeper to ensure that we considered those counties that have traditionally been left out in some of those appointments. We were quite encouraged to see counties like Narok, Tharaka Nithi out of the larger Meru and Kirinyaga out of the larger Central region. This was very encouraging. We also looked at the diverse experience that those nominees possessed in the public service and the private sector. There were also nominees from the universities. We were particularly impressed by the nominee from Kirinyaga who has a lot of experience in procurement at the university. There was also Mary who came from the University of Nairobi. We expect that we will have a vibrant PSC that will reflect what Kenyans would want to see. Kenyans today want to see people nominated because of their abilities. They want to see people who will get in there and work for Kenya not for some certain sections of the country. For this reason, we are heading towards what we want to see. People are no longer worried about who is appointed. They are worried about that person’s experience and ability to deliver the services. That is what we looked for. We were encouraged by the composition of the nominees, their experiences and knowledge. We are very hopeful that this team will move in and make a lot of changes in the public service. We listened to some of them. They have very nice ideas. We pray and hope that when they get to their offices, they will carry those ideas with them. They had ideas on automation and reengineering the public service in this country. If they implement what they promised us during the vetting exercise, we have no doubt that there will be a lot of changes in this country. People will no longer be worried about who is getting appointed through the PSC because they showed a lot of dedication. As I said, we only needed a certain number of commissioners. Not everybody could be represented. In total, having looked at other commissions and having gone by Article 250(4) of the Constitution, we are certain that Kenya is heading to a situation where all communities will, in one way or another, be represented in all the commissions. If we do so, we will no longer have the feeling that some people are left out. I truly and fully support this list of nominees and hope that they will be appointed. I also pray that these nominees will do what they promised to do during the vetting exercise. Let me confirm that as a Committee, we took time. We did not just go there to sit and look at names. We sat late into the night to ensure that we considered all the things that people would expect. For that reason, I hope that as my colleagues have just said, future appointments will look at the youth and people with disabilities. From the list of applicants that we saw, unfortunately, we did not come across qualified youth or people with disabilities. They were left out. We encourage that in future, our youth and people with disabilities should apply for those jobs so that when they come to Parliament, they are represented. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}