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    "id": 1211507,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": "to create a parliamentary oversight fund, what will stop us from creating a parliamentary legislation fund and a parliamentary representation fund? Hon. Ndindi Nyoro will then ask you what you will be getting your salary for because you have created separate funds to perform these functions. Anyone who takes that Bill, if it were to be proposed, to the constitutional court or to the Supreme Court will get the entire Bill collapsed before it is debated. The way to go - and I am saying this because the President proposed that we find a way to facilitate the Houses of Parliament better - if it is the salary that is low, let us get the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to create a leeway, whether it is for the Senate or Members of Parliament in the National Assembly. If it is about facilitation, Parliament as an entity already has the power to make budget. Let us have a budget line under the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) whose duty is to facilitate and cater for the welfare of Members. We can say the Senators will get more money in terms of the people they employ or facilitation. We then budget for the money straight away and it be included in the Estimates. Otherwise, this thing we are calling Senate Oversight Fund will not work. A leader of official opposition cannot exist in a presidential system. Also, he cannot exist absent a Prime Minister on the other side. Either way, this is going to change the structure and functioning of Parliament. Ask yourself: If there is a leader of official opposition, what would the Leader of the Minority Party be doing there? What would the Leader of the Majority Party be doing if the Prime Minister should be there? We have to decide whether we want a parliamentary system or a presidential system. We are happy that cabinet secretaries should come to the House - and this is important for me - but we should be careful. If we are not careful, we will kill all committees and they will have no work to do."
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