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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
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        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The equivalent of this, I believe, would be the people that would take the concerns of hon. Members, in our particular situation, to either the Speaker's Committee or the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). However, I believe that in Kenya, we could consider ourselves better placed because we elect our own Commissioners to the PSC and, therefore, for me and the delegation, it would be important for us to compare the two systems to feel that the Commissioners really elected by hon. Members represent the concerns and needs of hon. Members better to the Commission. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our recommendation as a Committee was that there are no avenues created for the Whips to bring concerns of hon. Members to the administration of Parliament, particulary to the PSC if those concerns are not taken by Commissioners. But I believe that it is possible for the Commissioners to actually get these concerns from hon. Members. This is because if we encourage regular meetings--- Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, another very important observation, particularly in the UK, was that Members of Parliament in both countries, must get permission from their Whips to be absent from the House. Whips are kept abreast of movement of all hon. Members and are always in constant touch with them, locally and abroad. In fact, in Ireland, trips outside the country by Members must be approved by the Whips. This has ensured that business of the House is not disrupted by lack of quorum arising from non-attendance by Members. Again, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this, we think, is something that can only happen where we have, first of all, political parties discipline being observed by all Members. The rest of the delegation's recommendations and observations are written to---"
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