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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very valid question. I want this House to be alive to the fact that we are passing Bills which are facilitating Government by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and then questions come to the Government on matters which are not in its June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1327 control. Section 16(2)(a) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Bill states that it is the Advisory Board that determines the salaries of the Director, the Assistant Director and all the other members of the staff. The Advisory Board consists of the following organisations, which each nominates one person. You should note that the Government is not represented, not even by the Permanent Secretary in my Ministry. The organisations are:- The Law Society of Kenya; the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya; the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA); the Kenya Association of Manufacturers; the Joint Forum of Religious Organisations; the Federation of Kenya Employers; the Kenya Bankers Association; the Central Organisation of Trade Unions; the Association of Professional Societies of East Africa; the Architectural Association of Kenya; the Institution of Engineers of Kenya and the Kenya Medical Association. It is our considered view that as a Government, we need to renegotiate the packages for all the officers and not just for the Director of the KACC. We have already indicated to them, but we need to do that through the Board. The Government has taken steps to see that this is put in motion because there is the issue of sustainability of those emoluments. I will, in due course, be approaching Parliament with amendments to this legislation. We cannot have bodies where there is no representation of the Ministries that they are allied to and we stand here to answer Questions about things that we are not in control of. This House passed this particular Bill, but there was this glaring omission which has led to a situation where a salary that cannot be sustained by the Exchequer is negotiated by a Board."
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