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    "id": 1153427,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1153427/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Although the Commission is independent, it exists because of the two Houses. Hence, it should be guided by Article 127 of the Constitution in its operations. I say this because there are a number of matters which my colleagues in this House agree with me that they are not headed in the right direction. On 1st March 2013, just two days to elections, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) issued a circular about terms of Members of Parliament in the 11th Parliament. The election was on 4th March 2013. As we speak, we are aware that the Members of the PSC whom we elected are negotiating with SRC on terms of service that include raising the Commissioner’s allowances, what they earn and how they will be in the next Parliament. At the same time, they are negotiating how to reduce our allowances. I am confidently aware that they are negotiating to remove the sitting allowance of the Members of Parliament in the next Parliament and reduce the allowances that we earn when we travel abroad. Nobody knows about this in this House. There is no Commissioner who has taken his time to come and tell us what they have been doing for the last two terms. The law requires them to do that. Under the new law that we set up, we agreed that the Commission will be holding biannual sessions with us. To date, none has ever happened."
}