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"speaker_name": "North Imenti, Independent",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Public Service (Values and Principles) (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.46 of 2022) be read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the passage of this Bill will require all State organs in the national Government, county governments, State corporations, constitutional commissions, independent offices, county public service boards and county assembly service boards to submit to Parliament annual reports outlining the total number of employees, their gender, age distribution, counties of birth and counties of residence. This process will facilitate the public service values and principles that require the public service to reflect Kenyan’s diverse communities and afford equal opportunity for appointment of women and men, members of all ethnic groups and persons with disabilities, pursuant to Article 232 of the Constitution. By receiving annual reports, legislators will discharge the oversight role bestowed upon them as they will be able to analyse and query non-compliant State organs. The proposed amendments contained in this Bill are meant to enhance the Public Service (Values and Principles) Act of 2015. On Section 16, the proposed amendments are: (i) In sub-clause (3) by inserting the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)- “(da) details on the human resource establishment within the Service Commission outlining the total number of employees and highlighting the gender, age, county of birth, county of residence, ethnicity and whether they are persons living with disabilities. (ii) by inserting the following new subsection immediately after subsection 3- (4) An authorized officer who fails to prepare a Report under subsection (1) may be subjected to disciplinary action in accordance with the laid out procedures.” Hon. Temporary Speaker, two weeks ago, Hon. Yusuf Adan presented a Report as the Chairman of the National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity Committee. The Report pointed out what is ailing our Public Service. According to the Report, as per the last census, we had 46 communities in this country. I know that number is likely to increase, the President having recognized the Pemba people of Kenya, to whom he will be issuing citizenship papers soon. During the last census, there were 46 communities but what is reflected in the Public Service at the moment, in many constitutional offices and MDAs, is only a few communities with maybe one or two people in senior positions. I want to give more details on the population in Kenya as per the 2019 National Population and Housing Census. Eleven communities form 91.79 per cent of Kenya. This leaves the other more than 35 communities with less than 8 per cent. To put this into perspective, I will mention the last 11 communities with a population of more than a million people. I will start with the Turkana community, whose population is 1,016,174 at 2.16 per cent. Next is the Maasai community at number 10 with a population of 1,118,522 at 2.53 per cent. Number nine is my community, the Meru people, who are 1,975,869 at 4.2 per cent. Number eight is Mijikenda, who are 2,488,691 at 5.29 per cent. Number seven are the Abagusii community who are 2,703,235, which is 5.74 per cent of the total population of 47,067,376. Next is the Kenyan Somali, who are 2,780,502, which is 5.91 per cent. The Akamba community is at number five. They are 4,663,910, which is 9.91 per cent. At number four is the Luo community, who are 5,066,966, which is 10.77 per cent. Number three are the Kalenjin community, who are 6,358,113, forming 13.52 per cent. Number two are the Luhya community who are 6,823,842, which is 14.5 per cent. Number one are the Kikuyu community, who are 8,148,668, which is 17.31 per cent. All the 11 communities add up to 91.79 per cent of Kenya’s population. 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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