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    "content": "That is because certain facts are so obvious and straightforward that you do not need even any second thought to think about them. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me also make the second last point that I want to illustrate. When the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) attempted to do a job evaluation through PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), did they need to carry out that job evaluation when Articles 95 and 96 of the Constitution are very clear on roles and responsibilities of Members of Parliament? You do not need to spend taxpayers’ money. I hear they paid Kshs30 million and we need to have the SRC accountable for that money. We cannot pay some audit firm Kshs30 million to come up with what is already in our laws. It is a shame! Then when you do it, you distort it. Hon. Deputy Speaker, page 23 of this Report has mentioned a case determination. The High Court has already determined which law should govern the salaries and remuneration of Members of Parliament and it is not ambiguous. It says: “The terms and conditions of service of Members of the National Assembly are governed by the National Assembly Remuneration Act, Cap.5, Section 2 of the Act.” So, this was a case which was determined in 2011 after this Constitution was in place. If you are saying that that Act was repealed by this Constitution, is this lawyer mad or what is it? Why did you not go to court to contest the ruling of this judge? The High Court judge was very clear unless you go to the Court of Appeal. He has said that the salaries and remuneration of Members of Parliament is governed by the National Assembly and Remuneration Act and that was in 2011. But the Constitution came into force in 2010. So, if it was repealed, then what was this judge quoting? Lawyers can tell me that and this is why sometimes I challenge lawyers. Please, be like accountants. If it is a debit, it is a debit. If it is a credit, it is a credit. There are no two ways about it. There is no interpretation. You just need to debit it and go forward but lawyers will keep us busy with a lot of interpretations, some of which confuse us."
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