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"content": "public values and principles. In other words, there could be fora where public servants can perform their work better, what kind of values are needed to have an efficient and proper public service at national and county government level. This can be inputted into the already existing code of national values and principles. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 13 talks about complaints. If a person alleges that certain values and principles of public service have been violated, they can complain and there are several points where these people can complain to; one is to the supervisor of the officer who has violated the code or values. The other one is the head of department of that relevant department in the institution or a department in any service commission. In our case, it will be the Parliamentary Service Commission. There is also the Teachers Service Commission, Police Service Commission and all the other Commissions that are established under Chapter 15 of the Constitution. The Bill says that the complaint can be made in several ways. It makes it easy for citizens to complain. You can make the complaint in person, through a relative, personal representative, legal representative, citizens’ forum, village council, Member of a County Assembly or Member of Parliament, which includes Senators. Of course, the governors are not included here, because I believe they are members of the executive. There must be a register of complaints by every institution and every year, there must be annual reports by every Commission on how they are implementing public values and principles. I want to mention the last thing before I request Sen. G.G. Kariuki to second this Motion. Clause 15 of the Bill talks about the need for a system of feedback in the public service so that it can influence compliments, commendations, honours and rewards in the public service. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one of the things that have demoralized public servants for a long time, is the fact that honours, merits, rewards and commendations are given, in many cases, in a casual manner, except recently when I saw this House passed a system of giving national honours. There are people who work very hard for this country and at the national level including doctors at Level 3 hospital saving lives, a county commissioner somewhere who is working in very difficult conditions in the Northern Frontier Districts (NFD) saving lives and keeping the security of this country, having to confront Al Shabaab and all these dangerous forces but there is no system of giving such people commendation, recognizing them, honouring or even complimenting them. Clause 15 says that, there must be a record for the public to give feedback on how public servants are performing. That feedback must be recorded and on the basis of that input from the public, public servants either in county governments, national Government or in state corporations should be complimented, rewarded, commended and honoured. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there are so many cases of men and women of this county who have refused to take bribes to allow foreigners enter our country to destroy it, yet these are people who are paid very low salaries and are working in very remote conditions. The chances of being caught are minimal, yet they have refused to take bribes because they love Kenya and they think their duty is to make sure that our country is safe and protected from its enemies. These are the people that need to be appreciated. This 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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