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    "id": 964825,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/964825/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": "our succession. It is wrong. I would like to urge the Public Service Commission (PSC), because it is responsible for promotion of staff, to promote people on time. I used to work at the Ministry of Public Works. If I was still there, I would be one of the youngest members of staff because PSC has refused to employ young people. They have even refused to promote the ones who are there thus creating a very huge gap. When it comes to promotion, they set conditions which cannot be attained by people who work there. That is why we are currently suffering a lot as a country because the staff are not motivated. There are huge gaps and it is high time we modernised the way we do our work at the Civil Service. Otherwise, as we discussed today at the Bomas of Kenya, Kenyans are yearning for services, which they keep complaining about, because we are not able to motivate our staff. This is caused by us. The other thing I wanted to talk about is the need to look at the way we do our interviews. It is taking very long. The advertisement process is becoming even longer than public procurement. People have complained of the way we procure goods and services. The way we are also procuring our people to work in offices is taking too long, and as Parliament, we need to review and see whether we need to go through a rigorous method of just appointing somebody. Why can we not plan succession properly in our offices? With those few remarks, I support the Report. Thank you."
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