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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainapkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwel Chepkonga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank all the Members who have contributed and supported the recommendations of the Committee. They have spoken eloquently, succintly, and vividly in support of the Committee's Report to reject the proposed regulations that have been forwarded to this House by SRC in accordance with Section 26(2) of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission Act. I would like to reiterate that what the Members of Parliament have done here is to exercise the unequivocal mandate granted to them by the Constitution under Article 95(5) (b) to oversight all State organs including the SRC. Members have spoken here clearly that SRC does not have a vertical mandate but a horizontal one like all the other Chapter 15 commissions and independent offices. It cannot, therefore, purport to subject the mandate of the other commissions to theirs because all of them are founded on the Constitution. The rejection of the purported regulations is to bring them to normalcy and ensure they operate within the law, Constitution, regulations, and the Standing Orders of this House. I would like to thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity you have given all the Members who have spoken, and for the manner in which you have conducted the affairs of this House in seeing to it that we conclude this Report in a manner in which we have done. We have spoken to the issues that are core to the constitutional issues of this country. I would like to thank all Members of my Committee for the manner in which they prosecuted the regulations as presented. We want to thank The Teachers Service Commission (TSC), Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for appearing before the Committee and making presentations that enlightened the work of this Committee. With those remarks, I beg to reply. 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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