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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Hon. Members will note that we have made changes out of the complaints that we have had, including in the finance and many other departments, to ensure that Members’ welfare is dealt with. With regard to the constituency offices staff, we are looking at a period where they will be paid directly, rather than waiting for the reimbursement system where they are paid at the end of each month. That way, they can be getting their salaries. I would like hon. Members to know that, as Commissioners, we are your servants and when you speak, we listen. When we listen, we act to the best of our ability. Within a very short period of time and with these new members coming in, you will see major improvements. I am glad hon. Nyokabi has said that the Budget and Appropriations Committee, in this Supplementary Budget, has allocated us some additional Kshs5 billion. Of course, that is less than what we asked for, but we will take it and see how much it can move us forward in terms of sorting out issues that have been raised by Members, including our car loans and mortgage. I know and it was raised that our Public Relations Department and the whole ICT has been backwards. Under the chairmanship of the Speaker, this is the first Commission that has formed a Committee on ICT and PR. Our move towards paperless offices is not stopping. You can see that now we are doing biometric registration. Very soon, Members will have Ipads and we will work and operate in a paperless environment. I know that a Member also attributed or spoke of the issue of employment. This is going on and it is really merit-based. As a Commission, we are also looking at the issue of regional balancing. All counties need to be represented as we move forward in employment. So, I do not think Members will be seeing a situation where only one area produces staff of this Parliament. That is because this is a national Parliament. Even the representation of the Commissioners shows that this is a national Parliament. The recruitment includes that of many legal staff, so that we can strengthen our litigation abilities. However, what we said here earlier is that we do not want, as a Legislature, actions taken under our various arms to be summoned by courts of law or to be sued for decisions that we have made as an Assembly or Senate. We will be strengthening that, but we must be aware that we do not want to engage in that as we had spoken earlier. With those many remarks, I move the Motion."
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