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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "can even be located here, in the Senate. We have no problem with that as long as we get an auditor, an engineer or someone who can look at the books or budget and help us identify the misallocation of resources in a particular county. That is the kind of representation that Senators are looking for. Our colleagues at the National Assembly should look into this. Lastly, I cannot leave this Floor without celebrating the work that we have done together with the staffers of Parliament. I had the great privilege and honour of leading them in the Staff Welfare Committee. We did many things for them. We doubled their house allowance, something that we feel strongly about. The house allowance every staff member earns today is double what they previously earned before the fourth Commission came into office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we had challenges with issues of promotions. Many members of staff used to stay for five, six or seven years without being promoted. As we speak today, I am proud and I know for a fact that we put in place mechanisms in the Staff Welfare Committee that ensured almost every staff member, who for one reason or another had stagnated, was promoted except for those who lacked basic requirements. Many of them appeared before us and we had the opportunity to interview them. They are great people. I have heard my colleague Senators who worked elsewhere before joining Parliament say that they appreciate the competency and efficiency of the parliamentary staff. The kind of work they do is not ordinarily found in public service. Therefore, I celebrate the staffers of Parliament and I hope that our colleagues will continue to nurture and work with them. I request my colleague Senators to listen to the advice they offer when they get an opportunity to listen to them. They should also make use of the various budgetary offices in Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is a very important office in the work of a legislator. A legislator cannot survive or do their work competently without having good contacts in that office. We have hired enough fiscal analysts in the past few years. They should attach some of them to their office by befriending them and going to them for advice when they want to debate on the Floor. They can actually inform their decision making."
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