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    "id": 950736,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/950736/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Rachael Nyamai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
        "slug": "richard-ken-chonga-kiti"
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    "content": "In this regard, the Committee observed that the absence of the persons under paragraph 1 (d) of the First Schedule of the National Land Commission (NLC) Act was occasioned by the inability of the Council to nominate its nominees as required by the law. In light of the foregoing, the Committee observed that the Selection Panel was constituted in accordance with the law. On the allegation that the procedure by the Selection Panel was opaque, the Committee observed that the interviews for the shortlisting of the nominees were conducted at the Public Service Commission. Members of the public were also invited to avail in writing any credible information concerning the nominees to the Chairperson of the Selection Panel as evidenced in the information contained in the shortlist and interview schedule published in the Public Service Commission website. In this regard, the Committee, therefore, observed that the procedure was not opaque as it had been alleged. The other issue raised with respect to procedure was whether Hon. Esther Murugi and Hon. Tiyah Galgalo Ali had been interviewed for the positions of member of the National Land Commission, noting that the two had been shortlisted in the category of the Chairperson. This necessitated the Committee to proceed to consider the report of the Selection Panel where upon examination, it observed that the panel had advised the President that a total of nine candidates, among them Hon. Esther Murugi and Hon. Tiyah Galgalo Ali, had applied for the positions of Chairperson and Member and hence recommended that they be considered for nomination to both positions. The Committee was keen on due diligence and, hence, we went further to verify the Long List of the Selection Panel culminating from closure of the application period and observed that Hon. Esther Murugi and Hon. Tiya Galgalo Ali applied for both positions as evidenced by the Long List No.41 and 115 for both candidates respectively for the position of Chairperson and the Long List No.372 and 897 for both candidates respectively for the position of member. The Committee also received an application letter dated 21st June, 2019 addressed to the Selection Panel by Hon. Esther Murugi applying for both the positions of Chairperson and member of the National Land Commission. The Committee also received two applications letters dated 1st July 2019 respectively, addressed to the Selection Panel by Hon. Tiyah Galgalo Ali, one applying for the position of Chairperson and the other for position of member of the National Land Commission. The Committee further examined Hon. Murugi during the approval hearing. She submitted that although she had been shortlisted for the position of Chairperson, she was also interviewed for the position of member. The Committee proceeded to further examine Hon. Tiyah Galgalo Ali during the approval hearing. She submitted that although she had been shortlisted for the position of Chairperson, on the day she appeared before the Panel, she was also interviewed…"
}