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    "id": 95428,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/95428/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Education on the current hiring of staff in that Ministry. I would like him to confirm how many clerks and subordinate staff were recruited from the larger Turkana region and to provide their particulars especially names, identity numbers, day of interview and when they were called to collect their appointment letters. Further, he should confirm that there are long queues of job seekers from all over the country in this Ministry in Nairobi and some of them have been queuing for a whole month awaiting the appointment letters. He should specifically confirm why the following are yet to be given their appointment letters even after being called to Nairobi to collect the same. They are Paul Erot Lokuland, Eliud Nyaoto Nalepere, Joseph Lokhale Khai and Peter Ekeno Esimit. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in responding, I wish the Minister to tell the House why the recruitment of such low cadre staff is being done at the Ministry headquarters contrary to a circular from the Minister for Public Service specifying that such cadres should be recruited at the district or constituency level. He should confirm or deny that there are allegations of rampant corruption at the headquarters where money is exchanging hands and people who are qualified for these jobs are being denied jobs and those who can pay are being given the appointment letters. He should also confirm that poverty in this country is not becoming a factor to be discriminated against because you cannot afford, and particularly the poor of Turkana should not suffer the same discrimination. Could he consider giving a monthly stipend for the upkeep of these people in Nairobi and refund bus fares amounting to about Kshs10,000 and Kshs5,000 respectively? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Minister confirm what steps he will undertake to stop the newly acquired notoriety of bringing people to Nairobi to look for jobs given that it was only a few months ago that parents were queuing along Sheria House looking for birth certificates of their children? I seek the clarification from the Minister."
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