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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): It is 27th May, 2015. Thank you for the correction. In accordance with the calendar that was adopted by this House, we will proceed on recess in early April and we will not be back until late April. So, it is important that these Bills are disposed of considering that when we resume, it is expected there will be other Bills for 27th August deadline. Having said so, I want to provide a general overview of this Bill. This is a brief Bill; it has about 17 sections. Basically, this Bill is aimed at giving effect to Article 232 of the Constitution. This article basically talks about the Public Service Commission and the need to have a law to be enforced by the Public Service Commission on the ethics, principles and values that should guide all public servants. There has been a lot of concentration on state officers but this Constitution envisages that just like state officers, public officers must be held accountable for the administrative actions they take. There must be a system of promoting integrity and good values in the public service among public servants. This Bill does three things: First, it provides for a code of values for public servants; secondly, it provides for public participation by the society generally on how to promote good values and principles in the public service; thirdly, it provides for a mechanism of reporting the status of implementation of values and principles in the public service. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the law applies to all state organs in the national and county governments and also to all officers who work in state corporations. Clause 5 of this Bill provides that every public officer must maintain high professional standards and professional ethics. This is the software of our public service. By software, I mean the values and the issues that you will not find in the training that people get in universities. 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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