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"speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons I requested that hon. Members consult a bit more quietly is because this is the thrust of this law. We have done our best as a Ministry; we have consulted widely and are recommending without fear, looking you in the eye and saying that the time to clarify the roles between the Commissioners and the Secretariat is now and not tomorrow. I do hope that the House will study these recommendations knowing that we have no property in the recommendation that we have put forth but never again should we have a Commissioner who thinks he is also the one to write and sign letters, never again should we have a secretariat in which the secretary thinks that he is the policy maker for that body. We want to make this very clear once and for all. What the commission found, and allow me to quote. It states:- âThis confusion does not result from ill will on other side but from the conflict of roles bound to occur when commissioners who are used to day to day management of ECK affairs found themselves with a permanent staff cadre including professionalsâ In my case, my recommendation is that in the face of a large number of commissioners and micro-managing committee structure, the professional staff was and will be, unless the country changes at this stage, turned to no more than senior assistants."
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