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Competency is better than academics for Cabinet and County Executive jobs

Nominated ICT CS Joe Mucheru being vetted at National Assembly in 2015. [Photo by Willis Awandu/Standard]

There are always long drawn debates whether people proposed for positions of Cabinet Secretaries and County Executives(CEC) , were qualified for the assigned dockets or not.

The majority of people tend to focus on the academic qualifications and work experience of the nominees, against the titles of the Ministries or Departments they are given.

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