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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "content": "whether it is going to be a negotiated package. We will look at that. The issue of trustees is a critical suggestion from hon. Maj-Gen. Nkaissery. The issue of criteria of membership and opening up to new members is a good idea. I was alive to that. Just like the Law Society of Kenya, this becomes a society that will bring in former and current hon. Members. It is a critical suggestion. The terms of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is an issue that one hon. Member raised. Hon. Kabando wa Kabando was in the last Parliament. One day, the former President, Mwai Kibaki, honoured a number of his children and that motivated me. Within a very short time, I came with the National Honours Bill, which was actually approved by the House. This year, for the first time, this Parliament will honour 20 hon. Members as a result of that Bill and you will see that in the newspapers. It means that we have to be independent from the Executive so that we can function as a Parliament. When Muriuki Karue came up with the Constituencies Development Fund Bill, many people did not know what it entailed. Now it has revolutionalised development and everything in our respective constituencies. It is the same with the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). Therefore, this is the first step. Please contextualise your critical suggestions so that we can put them as amendments in the Bill because this is a Bill that is going to serve everybody. I thank all of you; those who have expressed interest, those who have made wonderful suggestions and those who have had the time to be patient throughout this morning session. I can assure you, I will be alive to all the constructive suggestions that you made. It is your Bill and let me say this; you are here today and tomorrow it will be somebody else. I had an opportunity to say and ask myself why our independence heroes and heroines did not benefit from all the good things we have seen. I witnessed Paul Ngei languishing in abject poverty inside this House and I was touched. I did not want the same to happen to anyone of you here or any living former Member of Parliament. Therefore, this Bill in every aspect is justified by the situation we have seen. That is why I do not shy away in bringing something, as long as I am persuaded. Therefore, please remain alive and stand up for your rights. You are also human beings and members of the society and critically, you are national leaders. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with this I want to say thank you. I beg to move."
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