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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "The petition was by the Member for Igembe, hon. Linturi. The petition came to this House close to about six months ago. I am sure that must have been sent to a committee. The matter before us and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission as a country, is a matter of great national importance. Today as we sit here, parliaments in all the 47 counties have stalled, just because of a commission that does not want to engage the subjects they are supposed to deal with. I want to go to the Constitution and give the mandate of this Commission, if you allow me. Under Article 230, among the powers and functions of this Commission is the need to recognize productivity and performance. We had a serious altercation with this Commission. Now, it is a matter of the county assemblies, their speakers and the Commission to sit down. None of the 47 county assemblies has passed the Finance Bill and Public Finance Act as per the law. Today I was shocked that some counties were raising the burial fee and the price of a coffin when they have not even passed the Finance Bill. The Finance Bill is the genesis of giving you the powers to raise taxation. As leadership in a national assembly, we cannot bury our head in the sand when devolution and county governments are not functional; it is like parliaments have been closed. I think that petition is of great importance and not only that, the leadership of this country must come to the reality and understand which is greater between the leadership of county assemblies and Salaries and Remuneration Commission; leadership that was elected to serve the people. I seek your direction, hon. Speaker."
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