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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiraitu Murungi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to make a fairly short reply because this Bill has been extensively discussed and debated by Members of both sides of this House. I take this opportunity to thank all the Hon. Senators who have given their tremendous support to this Bill during their contributions. It is very clear that the Senators want to have operational autonomy of the Senate. I think that we have also made it very clear that this Bill does not intend to change in any way either the structure or the composition of the Parliamentary Service Commission, which is a constitutional body. All that the Bill intends to do is to introduce some administrative changes and create division of labour for the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).The Bill intends to create two committees of the PSC; one committee to be in charge of the affairs of the National Assembly and the other of the affairs of the Senate. Madam Temporary Speaker, the National Assembly Service Committee will be chaired, as the Bill makes it very clear, by the Speaker of the National Assembly and managed through the Clerk and the staff of the National Assembly. It will be in charge of the human resources and facilities to facilitate the Members of the National Assembly. The Senate Service Committee will be chaired by the Speaker of the Senate and managed by the Clerk and the staff of the Senate, who will be separated from the staff of the national Assembly. It is expected that once we clarify what the budget for Parliament is, the portion which is due to the Senate will be administered by the Senate Service Committee. It will be in charge of paying our mileage allowances, constituency offices, committees and many more. The same will be done by the National Assembly Service Committee for the Members of the National Assembly. This is going to increase the efficiency in the provision of services to both Houses of Parliament. It is also going to reduce some of the tensions that we see between the two Houses especially where the Members of the Senate feel that they have been shortchanged and that they have not been allocated proper offices 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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