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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Transport",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let us look at the import of Clause 16(1) and (2) and remove any suspicions of micromanagement of the Commission. Earlier on, the Chair of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade told us that the intention was to get this staff of the Commission to work on a part-time basis. Even if we removed the Treasury from interacting with the Commission, this Commission may require to work with staff from the Attorney-General’s Chambers and other departments, but not necessarily being bound that they must hire them on a full time basis. The import of having this provision, because I know we debated it at length in the Cabinet, is to obligate the national Government to provide the staff should the Commission so request. This is because leaving it at the mercy of the Government, that they may request, the Director of Personnel Management (DPM) may well say; “we do not have a budget or money for this,” and the Commission will be held up because it does not have money to employ. This is because it cannot employ somebody for a day. The Government will say that it has no power to provide staff. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, this clause now creates that bond between the Commission and the Government; that they may ask for staff and the Government will provide for the time they require them, if they are not part of the full time staff. I think we have opened the door for the Commission to request and the Government to provide. If we close that door or window, then we will be stifling the Commission, because when it wants staff it cannot get them. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I urge the good Chairman of the Committee to reconsider withdrawing this amendment and we live with what is already provided."
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