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    "id": 403434,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the issue that I wanted to raise was with regard to the Statement that hon. Duale has just read out concerning the order of business next week. I want to particularly request you to intervene in this matter. Our staff establishment in the Legal Department is wanting. A legal team of only three people cannot serve this House properly. Remember that in the 10th Parliament we were just 222, and we had close to ten legal officers who were serving Parliament. Right now, the National Assembly, with 349 Members, has only three legal officers. It is just unworkable. Many of us feel frustrated because our Bills cannot be processed as fast as we would like. I am aware that there were some interviews that were conducted by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). I am now addressing you as the Chairman of the Commission. If employment of officers in the various positions cannot be done fast, priority should be given to the Legal Department, so that we can have a minimum of eight legal officers to serve us. I have two Bills which have been pending from May, 2013. I hear that they are now at the Government Printer but that is not good enough. For instance, one of them is on Value Added Tax. Kenyans have suffered so much. If business of the Bill could have been transacted early enough, it would have helped to reduce the cost of living in this country. Therefore, I am requesting you, as the Chairman of the Commission, to intervene, so that we can have more personnel in the legal team."
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