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    "id": 1392767,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to speak in detail about the fourth piece of legislation that this law seeks to amend, which is the National Government Co-ordination Act, 2013. The amendments to the National Government Coordination Act, 2013 seeks to introduce two offices. First, is the Office of the Head of Public Service. As has been articulated, this office has existed in our governance architecture since Independence. At the time we did our Constitution in 2010, it did not appear that we should expressly provide for it. This practise has continued from 2013 and successive Presidents elected under the new Constitution, have always had the Office of the Head of Public Service. As ably articulated by Senior Counsel Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo, courts have had occasion to interpret the legality of the Office of the Head of Public Service. They have returned the verdict that any President in office, is at liberty to appoint a Head of Public Service."
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