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    "id": 1222312,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is another reason as to why we consider these Draft Regulations to be unconstitutional. Under Article 118 of the Constitution, every public body is expected to conduct public participation. The SRC appeared before this Committee in the 12th Parliament and they were asked to go and consult the Parliamentary Service Commission, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the Public Service Commission, and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on matters to do with remuneration. During the campaign period in the run up to the last general elections, the SRC had all the time to do so. When we came back, they appeared before the Committee. The SRC had the audacity to make a presentation on these Draft Regulations, which they prepared without consulting the bodies stated above. These bodies later on appeared before the Committee and unequivocally stated that they had not been invited by the SRC. That is acting outside their mandate and failing to conduct public participation. The SRC has even irresponsibly refused to accede to a request that was made by the Committee in the 12th Parliament. On that point alone, the courts have in the past struck off legislation for failing to conduct public participation. We do not even need to say so many things on this one. Let us not forget what they have done to the Parliamentary Service Commission and Members of Parliament, the TSC and the JSC. On the basis of that action alone, these Draft Regulations must fall."
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