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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, when you look at Article 95 of the Constitution, where it talks about the National Assembly, you will find that in that Article, the National Assembly reviews the President, the Deputy President and other State officers. How come that the person who is reviewing when it comes to ranking is ranked lower than the people you are trying to oversight? I want to quote what Martin Luther King Junior said that there comes a time when silence is betrayal. When do not want to speak about this. We want to set a positive precedence for the future. We know very well that leadership is about decision making; not decision making in times of comfort and convenience, but in times of difficulty and challenge like this one. So, I want to urge hon. Members that this is the time we should wake up and make decisions. The decisions will set precedence and it goes without saying that the job evaluation was not well done. When you look at the job description of a Member of Parliament, he has two offices. It is the only job that you have a constituency office and one in Parliament. Serem did not look into that. When you look at Article 127, the Parliamentary Service Commission (PAC) is the one in charge of Members of Parliament in terms of their welfare, so that they can perform their duties efficiently and effectively. Serem did not look into that. That is because when you look at the annex, you find that hon. Marende by then, who was the Chairman of PSC, had written a letter to her but she did not bother to consider the recommendations of the chair of PSC. When you look at the ranking of Serem herself – and she was approved through this House - she has ranked herself higher than hon. Members. That tells you this was selfish. Of late, we have seen busybodies like Nyachae all over, even when their job descriptions are not even clear. In terms of ranking, Charles Nyachae has been ranked at the very top. No wonder he has been on the fore-front of defending what has been done by the Serem Commission."
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