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    "content": "Abdullahi Ibrahim Ali and Mrs. Lorna Mumelo to be members of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) pursuant to Article 127 (2) (d) of the Constitution, laid on the Table of this House today, 13th March, 2014. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Speaker of the Senate on Thursday, 27th February 2014, pursuant to Standing Order Nos.43 and 44 informed the House that the Clerk had delivered a message from the National Assembly to him regarding approval by the Assembly members for appointment to the Parliamentary Service Commission and that the National Assembly by a resolution passed on Wednesday, 26th February, 2014, and pursuant to the provision of Article 127 (1) (d) of the Constitution, approved the appointment of Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim Ali and Mrs. Lorna Mumelo to be members of the Parliamentary Service Commission. The message was conveyed via a letter Ref: KNA2/4/302 dated 26th February, 2014. When the Speaker receives such a message, he has three options. The first is either to direct the message to be dealt with forthwith on the Floor of the House. Secondly, appoint a day for the consideration of the message on the Floor of the House by the full plenary of Senators or thirdly, refer the message to the relevant committee of the Senate for consideration. The Speaker chose the third option and therefore, the matter was referred to the Committee on Health, Labour and Social Welfare. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee immediately took up the responsibility and I wish to thank the membership of the Committee who sat every day. It is now my pleasure to deliberate on what the Committee did. We looked at what transpired from the Parliamentary Service Commission all the way to how the matter arrived at our table. I would like to brief the House in a very short time exactly what steps were followed. First, there was an advertisement by the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) on June 26th 2013 in all the local daily newspapers. It required persons who have qualifications in public affairs but who were not Members of Parliament and it had to be one man and one woman for appointment. About 323 applications were received. The PSC met on 1st August, 2013, and referred the applications to the Committee on Members’ Welfare for consideration and recommendation."
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