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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tuya",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In supporting the Bill I just want to reiterate the fact that I see this Bill having the principal objective of giving effect to Article 232 on values and principles of Public Service. However, in the same breath and by extension, we have Article10 of our Constitution on national values and principles of governance, which this particular law once passed is going to breathe some life into. Article 47 of the Constitution on fair administrative action will also find a place in terms of implementation once we pass this law. This is a law which touches on all State organs. It touches on all State officers; public officers in the sense of making sure that these public agencies will be guided by certain core values and principles in their interpretation and application of the Constitution, in their enacting, applying and interpreting any form of law that they operate under, in making and implementing public decisions and policies. Key to these national values and principles is public participation. It was only this afternoon when an honourable Member presented a petition to this honourable House on the issue of Kenya Forest Service (KFS) establishing forest reserve within a grazing area in a certain part of this country. This plays out as a typical example of policy directives or policy interventions by public organs without the participation of the public. These are policies which may come out to be very blind to issues affecting Kenyans on a day-to- day basis. This is denying access in that particular example to pastoralists’ groups to exercise their way of livelihood in the sense of according them access to grazing areas. It actually goes to touch on impediment of the right to life, the right of Kenyans to exercise their way of livelihood and to really support their way of life as a matter of choice. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other very important aspect of this legislation is the provision of efficient, effective and economic use of national resources by public officers. This is a very critical issue where we will have accountability by State agencies, public officers and public organs in the way they utilise public resources which we all know are taxes paid by Kenyans. The impartial and equitable provision of services is one other key aspect of this particular legislation which is very impressive and is going to make sure that accountability is effected within the Public Service. The issue on Clause 8 about taking to task a public officer who gives false information to a member of the public or anybody who requests for such information from a public office is another key issue provided for by this legislation. This will do 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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