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    "id": 569699,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I sympathize with the position taken by Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo. You know that I have a lot of respect for him but on this matter, I beg to disagree with him for very good reasons. The Committee considered that position of retaining two commissioners. The Committee felt that it is unacceptable to have two commissioners just to form a quorum of a serious commission like that one. Today, if you say that Hon. Jakoyo Midiwo and I will form a quorum of a serious commission like that, certainly, there will be collusion. Secondly, the other issue that we considered is that, if you have one person who is strong among the three - as was the case of the outgoing commission--- Mr. Matemu was very strong. The other two were just being “towered” around. They had no idea where they were and they did not know what they were doing. The other concern is that if he looks at the Bill, we considered the question of additional expenditure in the Commission. We found out that we are removing the four by 4WD vehicles that they have been driving. We are not paying them a salary. They will be paid a sitting allowance. When we calculated all that, we ended up stating in the Bill:- “The enactment of this Bill shall not occasion additional expenditure of public funds”. It will not at all. It is going to reduce further because those commissioners are going to be part-time. They are going to earn a sitting allowance just like any other board - like the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). We totally agree with Hon. Midiwo. It has been his philosophy that we need to make all commissions part-time. The only problem is that if you have only three, the chances of collusion are very high with two. So, I beg him to agree with me - as he always has. He is a fairly reasonable and impartial person. Thank you. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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