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    "id": 43473,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, those provisions have been borrowed word for word, from the provisions of Section 251(1) of the Constitution relating to the removal from office of independent commissions. I am saying that to entrench the position of the Secretary to the level of an independent commission is likely to have prejudicial impact in terms of the relationship between the commissioners and the Chief Secretary. In the other commissions that we have dealt with, like the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Commission on Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and so on, we have not had occasion to state the terms upon which a chief executive officer may be discharged from employment. There is, therefore, inconsistency. We are not saying that we are not going to uphold his right of natural justice but in the same way we are treating the secretaries to other commissions, let us also treat this one in the same way. The whole idea is to ensure that we have one centre of control in the Commission and that should be the commissioners."
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