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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bahari",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdul Bahari Ali Jillo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to oppose this Bill because as we are all aware, we are under a new Constitutional dispensation. The current Constitution is crystal clear on many issues that are related to matters of maladministration which this country has been suffering from for quite a long time. I will give the example of the Bill of Rights which is quite explicit and spells out many issues that have been vague in the past. In the public service, the issue of efficiency and doing the right things is clearly spelt out. We have reorganized the Government and the different arms of the Government are now exclusive of each other and the mode of appointment has also changed. The persons who have been appointed are generally new. It is fresh blood that has come in. With all that my expectation is that there will be less of this work to be done given the fact that in the past, the Complaints Committee has not done much in terms of the responsibilities assigned to it. I strongly feel that the Kenya Human Rights Commission will be able to handle these issues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are obliged as a Parliament to ensure that we also carry out our responsibilities responsibly as we have done in the past. In this instance, Kenyans are already overburdened. The price of sugar today is over Kshs200 per kilogramme and yet we are using taxpayers’ money to create commissions which are unnecessary. We expect the Government to be responsible and the different arms of the Government should also check on each other as is required. Therefore, this is absolutely unnecessary. I do not want to anticipate that the number of commissioners will be reduced and all the other issues that are likely to come up in the proposed amendments by the committee. The amendments simply say that the committee does not strongly feel that this commission has to be in place. If there are such feelings, then let us put it right and ensure that the right commission, which is the Kenya Human Rights Commission should be able to handle these issues. I expect that commission not to be bogged down by issues which appear to be obvious and must be implemented in the Constitution. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose."
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