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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to support and thank the Committee, led by my senior, Hon. Chepkonga. I have a few points to canvass with regard to this matter. First, who appointed the SRC to superintend over other commissions? Who supervises the SRC? No entity under the Constitution is allowed to set salaries and renumerations of other commissions as well as its own. As I support this Report, we should go a step further and recommend a couple of things. One, the SRC seems to be so idle that we need to consider reducing the number of commissioners from seven to a minimum of three and make further recommendations that they ought to work on a part-time basis. This is something that this House needs to do. If you look at some of the things that this commission has done since we put it into place… Hon. Temporary Speaker, during the 12th Parliament, a former Member of Parliament said, “Once you put me there, I will take care of the welfare of Members of Parliament.” Immediately we put them in place, in the ranking of public offices, Members of Parliament were ranked at 30 to 40-something. Amongst the three Arms of Government, Parliament is a core equal. In other jurisdictions, Parliament is the supreme organ. In Kenya, we are placed at number three and the reason given is that there is no academic qualification for one to be a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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