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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the amendment by Hon. Amina. In addition to the reason Hon. Amina gave, the experience of the Tenth Parliament was that, at the time when Parliament resorted to this mechanism of appointing panels, there were two partners in the coalition Government who did not trust each other and needed to participate in the appointment of those panels. However, in the current system, we have one unitary Government. Another factor at that time was that the PSC was one of the bodies which also needed to be vetted. Ultimately, before it was vetted, nobody trusted it to actually carry out the appointment process. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Public Service Commission (PSC) body has already been vetted and its members approved by this House. When it comes to independence, to say that the panel will be independent relative to the PSC is a fallacy. The PSC itself is independent having been vetted and more suited to bring in independent candidates for purposes of appointment."
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