Mr Speaker, I thank the Deputy President for his response. Whilst it is encouraging that only 2,6% of posts have not been filled, what is of concern is that when those posts are filled, the personnel must be fit for purpose. The Auditor-General's report on infrastructure development has revealed that some projects, from planning to completion, can take up to 13 years. One of the reasons for that is a lack of capacity and qualified staff. That is the first part.
The second thing is that in a briefing by the Department of Basic Education a few days ago we were told that senior posts had not been filled because it had not been possible to constitute interviewing committees made up of Ministers. It seems Ministers were not available to constitute committees to interview people for these posts and this is why the posts were not filled. This is a serious concern, Mr Deputy President, and we hope that something will be done either to relook at the policy on Deputy Ministers being able to constitute interviewing committees or to get the Ministers to sit on these interviewing committees. Thank you.