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    "id": 1270805,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Chesumei, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Paul Biego",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add weight to Hon. Abdul Rahim’s Amendment Bill. I take this opportunity to thank him for bringing it to this House. The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Public Service Act to require all State organs in the national Government, county governments and State corporations to submit annual reports on the details of human resource. We have many communities in our country. As per the last census, about 91 per cent of all those who were employed came from only 11 communities. What about the other communities? I believe this Bill has been introduced at the right time so that we can know how many people have benefited. The Constitution is very clear that employment is supposed to be done equitably. Even the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) is equitably shared among the 290 constituencies using a certain formula. The same should be applied in the employment of public servants. I support this Amendment Bill because it has factored in all kinds of persons, includes gender, age, county of birth and county of residence. It has also factored in people living with disabilities. I believe that if it is passed we will have some level of accountability. I support the proposed amendment because if passed, the problems that we have in Kenya right now; like unemployment, marginalisation of people from certain regions and the feeling by some people that they are disadvantaged by the government or the leadership in government because they come from a particular region, will come to an end. The passage of these amendments will ensure that even if you do not know anybody you can be employed. I believe that this is going to be very good. Complaints will be less and even the appointing authorities will be put on their toes to ensure that they do equitable distribution in terms of employment. The county governors or Public Service Boards of particular counties will be required to give us the number of people they employ and, as legislators, we will perform our oversight role. We will be able to analyse the data that will be available to know which management teams in the Public Service or in the county governments are not compliant. I believe this Amendment Bill has come at the right time. I can even equate these amendments to what I was thinking. As Members of Parliament, we have a rough time walking to offices of the Executive trying to get work done in our various constituencies. You get many Members crisscrossing offices. This Bill will be an eye opener for me. I would also want to bring to the House a Bill that will enable all constituencies to be given the same facilities, whether you go looking for them or not. Water, electricity and stuff like that should be shared equitably amongst the 290 constituencies. The Public Service (Values and Principles) (Amendment) Bill that we are debating today will enable people who would otherwise not be employed to be employed. The people who come from very far and cannot come close to cities or to people in power will also have opportunity to be employed. Sometimes you go to an office, where you find several people 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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