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    "id": 1209872,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1209872/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir. I will struggle to be convinced by the argument being pushed by Sen. Mumma. The Public Service Commission (PSC) is one of the Chapter 15 Independent Commissions. The Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and the seven Members are appointed and approved by the National Assembly. How can you refer to an institution that has gone through all those checks as a partisan constitutional commission, deny them an opportunity in the selection panel and give the same slot to the Political Parties Liaison Committee (PPLC)? I do not know who is the Chair or the Secretary General of that body. I struggled to be convinced by Members of the National Assembly on how they allowed them in the first place. This is a body made up of many political parties, yet in this House, we hardly know more than five political parties. You are told that, that body has around 120 political parties in Kenya. Many of those are briefcase carriers who are idle. In fact, they are akin to the Bunge La Mwananchi at Jevanjee Gardens. Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, do we give more slots to those over the Public Service Commission (PSC)? I strongly feel---"
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