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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "membership of the commission has no capacity to understand its mandate. Otherwise, why would they work outside their mandate? Secondly, it could be that the membership of the commission is acting in bad faith. Thirdly, it could be that the membership of the commission simply want to make populist statements to the media. I do not know for what reason. I just consider them populist. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there are other institutions of similar stature to the SRC. They include the Teachers Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission, and the Parliamentary Service Commission, among other constitutional offices. One commission cannot redefine the agreement between an employee and an employer. They cannot do such a thing. If they are doing that which is not given to them through the Articles that guide them, it is time that this House considered that cost. They spend so many hours. They are paid so much allowance and they do the wrong job. Who pays for those costs? They spend Kenyan taxpayer’s money. They should either refund the money or work for free and rightfully. They cannot be spending money working, they get paid, and they do not perform their duties in accordance with the law. As I conclude, because many Members have spoken on the same, I want to say that the SRC cannot be a prefect of other commissions. At the same time, they cannot also have an ill motive and try to show the public that there are people who are given free money. No one is given free money in this country. Everyone works for the money they are paid. One of the contributors has spoken of experience. I think it is Hon. Wangwe. There are Members who are serving their fourth or fifth terms in this House. A Member was paid KshX when he came here for his first term. During the previous term, he was pocketing KshX. Then you want to reduce that pay when he next comes to Parliament. Is this commission aware of what they are doing? Is it ethical? Is it moral? I think it is not. We need to cure this bad faith. The English man says that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. This commission was working on a part-time basis at the beginning, but this House approved that they work full-time. I am imagining that they have so much time and they are idle. That is why they had time to go to all employees from all quarters in Kenya. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this House should now resolve that they go back to working on part-time basis. Failure to conduct public participation is a very serious offence. That which is spoken of you without your involvement cannot hold. It is in the Constitution that says we must have public participation even when we are giving out bursaries and undertaking developments projects. This is a Commission that is entrusted with the management of employment and employees in this nation. However, they sit in boardrooms and make laws without involving the people they are supposed to be serving. Such a serious offense of not conducting public participation should entice any Kenyan, including any Member from this House, to go to court and press charges against them because they did not do the right thing."
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