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    "id": 346497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also stand to oppose the Bill. The rationale for this Bill quite clearly undermines the constitutional principles under which the public servants including the State officers are supposed to abide with. In the first place, in matters relating to remuneration and benefits, the Constitution clearly anticipates that the mandate for this is by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission which is the one to address matters of remuneration of public officers. So, the Minister for Finance therefore, is out of order to bring this kind of Bill because it does not have the backing or the support of the relevant constitutional commission. The other issue is that State officers who are covered under this Bill like the Chief Justice, Deputy Speaker, Vice-President and so on and so forth, when they are serving"
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