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    "id": 1223371,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Westlands, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Tim Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "The SRC has been very notorious in interfering with the work of other independent institutions. For example, we have the Public Service Commission and the Parliamentary Service Commission, which are equally created by the Constitution. The SRC has been overstepping their mandate by trying to regulate these constitutional commissions without any authority at all. The SRC’s sole objective should be to harmonise the salaries of public officers and iron out existing discrepancies, but they have forgotten that role. In fact, they think all they need to do is to frustrate other commissions. We, therefore, support this Motion to annul any Regulations that comes to this Committee. If there was no public participation, the Regulations should fall on their face. There is no bargaining about that. We want to make sure that this Commission is also put to task. Who is regulating them? We should have someone to even check their salaries. Nobody checks them, and they do not regulate themselves. So, we need to have a way of dealing with them. This House processes the budget, which includes their allocation, but they have always overstepped their mandate by frustrating this House and interfering with the Parliamentary Service Commission. That is why we must reject these Regulations in entirety and make sure they work within the core mandate that was given to them by the Constitution. This same Constitution can take away their mandate. I believe this Commission has outlived its usefulness and it needs to be disbanded. That is my opinion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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