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    "id": 989231,
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    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the Resolution of the House made during the Morning Sitting of Wednesday, 22nd April, 2020 rejecting a Special Motion proposing the rejection of nominees for appointment to the Teachers Service Commission, and taking cognizance of the provisions of Articles 250(2)(b) and 259(11) of the Constitution and pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of the Teachers Service Commission Act, 2012, this House now approves the appointment of the following persons as Members of the Teachers Service Commission: (i) Mr. Mbage Njuguna Ng’ang’a; and, (ii) Ms. Leila Abdi Ali. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to talk much on this because the Report of the Committee was discussed extensively, and the House made a decision. The Committee did not find anything to disqualify Mr. Ng’ang’a and Madam Leila, or anything that is contrary to the Constitution, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act and the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act. On Mr. Ng’ang’a, they raised an issue of age, but that is not found in the Constitution, the TSC Act or the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act. When Mr. Ng’ang’a served as the Chairman of the Kenya Law Reform Commission, he participated in the drafting of the TSC Act and, therefore, by being appointed a commissioner, he will add value. For Ms. Leila, the issue was on dual citizenship. If you read Article 78 of the Constitution and the court has made a ruling, the only people who cannot hole dual citizenship and still take up State jobs are those serving in Defence and the Foreign Service. With those many remarks, I beg to move and ask Hon. Mbadi, the Leader of the Minority Party, to second."
}