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    "id": 477662,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Just like all the other speakers who spoke before me, I stand to oppose the proposal to reduce the publication period from 14 days to 5 days. I know that all the three Bills, whose publication time has been proposed for increase, are important laws, and they will result in important roles. I am more particularly concerned with the proposal to reduce the publication period of the National Public Service Values and Principle Bill (National Assembly Bill No.29 of 2014). I say this because this Bill, in my view, is what intends to actualize Article 232 of our Constitution; IK think we forget a lot of the problems that we face in Kenya today are actually resident in what Article 232 of our Constitution intends to achieve. Allow me to bring Members up to speed by highlighting what is spelt out in this Article. It states that the values and principles of public service shall include:- (a) high standards of professional ethics; you will realize that in our country today professional ethics - I speak here as somebody who went through the route of professional practice before coming here - are truly lacking. Another value that is envisaged is, (b) efficient, effective and economic use of resources; that is a passive issue. (c) responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and equitable provision of services; (d) involvement of people in the process of policy making; (e) accountability for administrative acts; (f) transparency and provision to the public of timely, accurate information; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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