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    "speaker_name": "Hon Aden",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Abdikadir Omar Aden",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this particular Bill and I must say that it is commendable of this House that we are handling this Bill because it is one of the constitutional Bills required for this House to pass within certain timelines. I am glad that it is before us today so that we execute our duties as we swore to undertake. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Bill is indeed one of the very important Bills and for a number of reasons in the various clauses of this Bill, the passage of this Bill will ensure that there will be efficiency in the provision of services in the Public Service. From Clause 4 of this Bill, it is very clear that this Bill is not only limited to the national Government but indeed all provisions under this Act will also apply to the county governments in ensuring that they too provide efficient services to the respective counties as per our devolution. This Bill seeks to achieve among other things, just as stated in our Constitution, to ensure that within our Public Service there are standards that apply which are honesty, integrity, transparency and very importantly the rule of law. It is very unfortunate that in a number of the Public Service organisations, appointments and promotions are not based on transparent ways of doing it. They do not certainly pass the test of honesty and integrity and I think this Bill will create the grounds in which such issues can be challenged on any public servant who does not uphold these particular standards, as they are stated in our Constitution. Hon. Deputy Speaker, under Clause 6, the usage of public resources in an efficient, effective and economic manner is very important. It is very unfortunate especially in the advent of devolution that you find public resources are abused very much. In the counties you will be very surprised that on a weekend when you expect all Government vehicles to be parked, unless they are on official duty, you will find that there are people who will drive from upcountry for their personal reasons to various parts of the country using public resources and fueling their vehicles using public resources. This Bill will ensure that members of the public will be able to launch their complaints with regard to the poor usage of public resources. At times you will find a convoy of ten vehicles escorting one officer just because everybody wants to accompany the officer. I think in this Bill it is clear that economic viability of the utilization of public resources must be upheld. In Clause 7 the Bill requires the provision of services to be responsive, prompt, effective, impartial and respectful. I think hon. Kamama said it very well, that we probably need to borrow a leaf from the hospitality management side of service to be able to understand what this means. Responsiveness is one of the other challenges that we have because you will occasionally seek information from a given department of Government, even if it is the county government. Sometimes you realize that information is not forthcoming in good time and this is something that needs to be corrected. Of course, Clause 8 talks about giving false information. So, from now on any member of the public should be able to walk to the closest provider of services even if it 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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