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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angwenyi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to second this Motion with pride. This is because Dr. Ali is a founder member of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Dr. Ali, Oloo Aringo, John Sambu and Jimmy Angwenyi sacrificed even ministerial positions to bring forth the Parliamentary Commission. Whatever benefits and perks that we are enjoying here today are as a result of the effort of people like Dr. Ali. I recommend him highly. Actually, if I was asked: “Can you stand down for Ali so that he becomes a Commissioner and you become just a member?” I can agree because I know my welfare will be in good hands. We have been told about the credentials of Ms. Barassa. She is currently the Chairperson of the CDF Board. You know how dear we hold the CDF. She is the one managing the CDF at present and I think she has been delivering her services well despite various challenges. Therefore, if she became a member of the PSC, I am sure we will move miles. As my brother has said, Parliament is its own enemy. I always ask hon. Keynan about what happened with regard to the policy that we had in the Ninth Parliament whereby the budget of Parliament was never questioned. At that time, we never had the Budget and Appropriations Committee controlled by the House. At that time, the budget was being controlled from the Treasury, but we had a policy that nobody would challenge the budget of the PSC and so we were able to do a lot of work for this country. Today, it is our own committee in charge of Budget which reduces our budget by 27 per cent and assumes that we will be able to perform those functions that we were supposed to perform. I know they are facing challenges--- My friend is concerned about offices. It is true that six months after Members of Parliament were sworn in, they do not have offices. We have not provided alternative means. They need a place to sit and attend to their constituents. It is regrettable. I really feel bad that I should experience that kind of thing after all the sacrifice we made to have the PSC. I know that some of the Committees cannot make trips abroad let alone in the country to find out the state of insecurity in Mandera. We do not have funds today to give that Committee to go to Mandera. We do not have money to facilitate the Committee concerned to go and find out more about the problem of miraa in Meru. We went there recently and we were unable to come back. We had to borrow money for bus fare to come back. This is simply because our own Committee has reduced the budget of Parliament. Hon. Members, we must have a commitment for our institution, the same way the Executive and the Judiciary are committed to their own institutions. We must guard the Legislature. We must assemble, mobilize and marshal as much powers as possible for the Legislature. That is when we will be felt."
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