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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kabando wa Kabando",
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"content": "instance, that when there was an outcry from certain parts of this country that some bad rules and regulations had been passed by the Department of Education in admissions to secondary schools and national schools, they would have raised their voice. Education is a basic and necessary foundation for human rights and, therefore, dignity and prosperity of our people, the Commission should have intervened. This is the sort of commission that should say that on this particular matter, this State department is not complying with a rule that would allow access to a basic human need and, therefore, facilitate uniformity and growth of individuals in the country. I support this Report. We do expect that those Commissioners will play a role that will be different from their predecessors. We also expect that they will remain wholly accountable to this Parliament. As I conclude, hon. Speaker, I would like to congratulate you as the Speaker of the National Assembly for the position that you have taken. We are now vetting and approving, just like the Budget, these nominees. However, some people outside there expect that once Kenyans go through a rigorous election of their members of the National Assembly, County Assemblies and Senate, those members assemble and then they elect their Speakers, those very important organs of State that will sit back and allow unnecessary criticisms and decisions--- Then we are told by even some of the people that we love and respect very much that even if issues are very stupid, idiotic and abusive, we accept them as Parliament. We should then deal with those issues. I think Kenyans are awake to the fact that, even when you are appointed as a commissioner here, your mandate cannot override the mandate of a member of parliament or a member of a county assembly who has been elected by the people. Even when you are appointed as a commissioner or a Cabinet Secretary, your role cannot override the role of a member of the National Assembly who has gone through a rigorous process of being vetted by people in the villages, estates, slums, professionals and wise people. Therefore, on this particular matter – and I say this without any bias – when you speak for the National Assembly whether from your Office or from that Chair, just know that you have unanimity of support. I know I may raise a contradiction, but in terms of this House being respected, be it by the media, Judiciary, NGOs and so on, respect is earned. We earn it because we are constitutionally convened. Therefore, even as we pass commissioners to those commissions, we expect that they will continue doing their work. But they shall understand that this House has a responsibility and a role, and that is the role we have executed today. Tomorrow, we do not expect them to join demonstrators here like they have no jobs. We do not expect them to call Members of Parliament names. If they have any issue, let them sit down and do a report and then submit it to the relevant organ of State. That report shall be interrogated and the mandate and verdict determined on logic. I support."
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