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    "id": 477774,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the same time let me combine the issue of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and that of the Kenya Ports Authority. When you look at the amendment to the Kenya Ports Authority Act, it aims to increase the board members from two to five. When you look at the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, the proposal is to make the commissioners work full time. We have actually said, and I belong to the Budget and Appropriations Committee, that this country needs to think about moving from these many commissioners who do work which should be done by technical people. I like what the Member for Suna East was saying that we think of strengthening the secretariat in terms of technical capacities so that we have very few commissioners who actually do more of policy direction and strategic thinking. In that case, we will be helping this country. We will be talking about reducing expenses related to these commissioners and at the same time Kenyans are likely to get value for money. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, instead of talking about making commissioners full time, this country needs to think about making all commissions part time and do a proper job evaluation to see what work needs to be done by commissioners and what work needs to be done by the secretariat. This is because the secretariat is more permanent. It can remain there for long in terms of institutional memory and in doing the actual work. I think the secretariat is better placed to do that. So, in that case we have people doing work. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when you look at what is happening in this country, you realise these commissioners in terms of their allowances and entitlements have so much which they get from these institutions. My belief is that we need to move away from commissioners to strengthening the secretariats."
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