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    "content": "has the power to make provision having the force of law in Kenya except under authority conferred by this Constitution or by legislation”. What I beg to emphasize is found in those sub-articles. We are not debating this Motion to say that, as Members of Parliament, we are seeking the pay because this is a confusion that we need to alleviate. Rather, as the expression of the sovereign will of the people, as the democratically elected representatives of the people, we are saying that we are moving to protect the provisions of the Constitution passed by the Kenyan people in 2010. It is only this institution that can do it. I also want to second this Motion by emphasizing a matter that has been raised in the Report by the Chair of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. There is a procedure required of the SRC, the subject matter of our debate today, to adhere to in executing its mandate. In fact, it derives from the fact that the ultimate authority over anything that has the force of law in Kenya comes from this House. Those gazette notices are being made in a manner that by-passes that constitutional authority and mandate. In fact, it is usurpation by the Commission concerned of the powers properly vested in Parliament by the Constitution. It is not just a violation of the Constitution in my understanding of the law, but also a violation of the Acts of Parliament governing the operations of the Commission. So, we are saying that where that happens, there is something that we must stand up to as the National Assembly to always stamp the authority of Parliament, not just to push our egos of power as individuals, but in protecting the constitutional mandate properly vested in this institution. I wanted to emphasize that I am not speaking as hon. Peter Kaluma. As I stand before this House to speak, it is the Homa Bay Town Constituency speaking and that should be understood. What has happened in this country is a shame. I have never known an elected Member of the National Assembly, in any country, staying for three months without pay after being sworn in. The fundamentalists and people may take it for granted; those who care to debate it outside there, but looking at the various gazette notices, the subject matter of our debate here today, we see a Commission that is averse to every elected representative of the people. That is how you see the salary of the county governor so up there and the salary of the member of the county assembly so down there. We want to question even beyond this House how a member of the county assembly, who is earning a gross of Kshs79,000 - and I think it comes to about Kshs40,000 as net pay - is going to oversight the county government to ensure that those billions of shillings that we are already considering in our Budget, is used only for the benefit of the people of the county. It is going to be a problem. All the members of the Executive Committee are going to earn more than three times what is proposed by this rogue Commission to be earned by the members of the"
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