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    "id": 399878,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we debated this matter one whole afternoon but I think we can repeat some of the things that we said. Just to bring the Chairman to speed one more time, is to remind him of what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has referred to but looking at it from a different angle. He has said that Article 230 sets up the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and at (5) it says;- (a) “In performing its functions, the Commission shall take the following principles to account; the need to ensure the total Public Compensation Bill is fiscally sustainable“ This is what convinces me that I do not think that elective offices were intended to be evaluated or even to be the subject matter of this Commission. This is a different issue. I do not think it is an evaluation issue. (b) “The need to ensure that public services are able to attract and retain the skills required to execute their functions”. I do not think that the elective offices are the ones being described here. When you talk of skills required for the job, then you are not referring to an elective job because an elective job is already provided for and skill is not one of them. In fact, there is another section that deals with the qualifications of the assemblers. The only other empowering section is; (c) “The need to recognize productivity and performance”. I do not know how she could ever recognize and apply any principle that deals with productivity and performance of an elective office and then transparency and fairness. So, when you look at the section that empowers her to do her job, there is really nothing that talks about evaluating anything. So, where does she get this word called “evaluation?” You can only derive some function from the law that creates you or from a regulation that creates you. But really, you cannot create your own parameter and impose it on Kenyans and say that I am evaluating you. When we ask you where you got these powers to evaluate us, you cannot show us. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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