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    "id": 1046449,
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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": "Majority Party. Procedurally, we used to give to Chairs of Committees, maybe that is where he is coming from. I want to contribute. This is a very important Motion on constitutional commissions and independent offices. I played a role in the formation of constitutional commissions and independent offices, with Hon. Kimunya and Hon. Mbadi in the 10th Parliament. They were formed for specific reasons. They were not formed to be an appendix of the Legislature or the Judiciary, neither were they formed to be an appendix of the Executive. They must be independent and we must debate their reports, more specifically that of the Controller of Budget. Of course, we deal with the Auditor-General through PAC. We have the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), the gender commission and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). I am happy to note that the Judiciary always brings the State of the Judiciary Report to Parliament. The Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs must bring that report so that we debate it. When it comes to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) we must set specific times to discuss their reports. I have no problem with the issue of car grants. The way I get a car grant is the same way Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) can get their car grant, but the speed with which the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is moving with that issue, and the speed with which it moves on matters that touch on the Legislature, tells a lot. We had raised a matter on our house allowance with Madam Mengich and she went to court. The SRC and other offices are sending a signal that they are not independent. How do you deal with that matter? We deal with it through a report that would be tabled in this House. We had issues on the staff who are employed and the development that takes place in counties. The Controller of Budget, particularly Ms. Agnes Odhiambo did a very good job as the first Controller of Budget. The current Controller of Budget is not doing a serious oversight. I will bring questions on that. This is a very good Motion going forward. You have given us time limits and chairs of committees must bring reports. We must get reports from IPOA, JSC and even from the Parliamentary Service Commissions (PSC). That is why they were created. That is why they are called commissions and independent offices and they are discussed in the Constitution between Article 248 and Article 251. The House Business Committee under the leadership of our able Speaker must set aside a week to discuss all reports of all these commissions. For instance, we need to look at EACC and see how many people have been prosecuted, how many have been charged and how many files have been returned. We then move to the DPP. The offices are answerable to Parliament in terms of budget and legislation."
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