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    "id": 1193170,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "THAT, Pursuant to the provisions of Article 127(2) of the Constitution, the Senate approves the appointment of the following Members of Parliament to the Parliamentary Service Commission- (a) under sub-section (c)(i) - (i) Hon. Faith Wairimu Gitau, MP. (ii) Hon. Mohamed Ali Mohamed, MP. (iii)Sen. John Kinyua Nderitu, MP. (iv) Sen. Joyce Korir, MP. (b) under sub-section (c)(ii)- (i) Hon. Mishi Juma Khamisi Mboko, MP. (ii) The Hon. King’ola Patrick Makau, MP. (iii)The Hon. Sen. Fatuma Adan Dullo, CBS, MP Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an important Motion. The PSC is our employer. The Parliamentary Service Commission pays our salaries and ensures that we fulfill our constitutional mandate. It also ensures that we serve the people of Kenya and as Members of both Houses of Parliament, live up to the dictates of the Constitution. They ensure that we are properly facilitated as Members of Parliament, (MP), our offices are properly staffed and members of staff are trained to ensure that we give the best services to the institution and to the people of Kenya. It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve as a Commissioner of the PSC representing the Senate. While there, I have served as the Chairperson of the Staff Welfare Committee, where I have interacted with the over 1,500 members of staff that work within the precincts of the Parliament of Kenya. As a Commissioner of the PSC, I will go home with my head held high because of the many things that the 4th Commission was able to achieve for the Parliament of Kenya and Kenya as a country. There are many issues such as matters of welfare that we can speak about. We were able to ensure that our offices are properly facilitated, MPs can hire competent staff and Senators can pay all their staff their dues every quarter. Actually, we doubled that amount. If you compare what Senators were getting in 2017 and currently getting to pay their staff, you will see the difference. I was asked by a Senator who approached me today and said that the money is not sufficient what they would you have said in 2017. What Senators are currently allocated for salaries and operations of their offices is double the amount that we had in 2017. What we are enjoying is the contribution and the work of the 4th Commission. There are many things that we can talk about, but I understand that this is a dicey conversation. It is not one that sometimes you may want to go deep into details about, given the times and seasons we are living in. We are now ravaged by drought. Sometimes we have cheeky media personalities who wait for such occasions. When you list the benefits of MPs, then everything else loses meaning. All the work that we have ever done in this House is no longer considered. You will hear people saying that they did not know the amount that so and so was earning. We are not embarrassed. We are certain that whatever we did was within the dictates of the Constitution. Whatever we allocated to MPs, be it house allowance,"
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