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    "id": 502376,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I would like to congratulate the able Chairman of this Ad hoc Committee, the leader of the Kisii Delegation, Sen. Chris Obure, and also the able Vice- Chair, my sister, Sen. Fatuma Dullo, that we work very closely with. This is a very important Committee that went about to recommend the establishment of the public compensation bureau. It is the high time that we had such a bureau in this country, because a lot of people’s claims are not being settled properly since we do not have these offices in the counties. I have in mind the Office of the Registrar of Societies or where people process death certificates at the office of the Attorney General. Having worked in the office of the Attorney General when I was a State Counsel, I can tell you that it was a nightmare. Many people used to travel all the way from upcountry and would stay in the city for months and even years, just chasing maybe a cheque of Kshs5,000. I can see that in the proposed Bill the Chairman has outlined that some of the functions of this Bureau will be to receive claims for unsettled and unknown monetary awards emanating from the residents of this country and create a database of the claims received. Madam Temporary Speaker, that brings me to my second point. You will find that in this country, a lot of this money is actually sometimes stolen, simply because there is no database or proper way of recording these claims. Therefore, the money goes into the hands of unscrupulous public servants in this country. There is a saying in Kiswahili: “ Haba na haba hujaza kibaba.” Which means little by little whether it was Kshs.5, 000 or Kshs.500, eventually you find that these officers have enriched themselves and are now millionaires on money stolen from poor widows and orphans. Therefore, I am happy to note that the Chairman has also proposed that this Bureau is also going to inquire into claims of abuse of power, unfair treatment, oppression or/and unresponsive official conduct relating to the office of the county government, the national Government and other state institutions. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a very important proposal made by this Committee. I congratulate them for having gone round all the counties and come out with The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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