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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, for giving me the opportunity to also contribute. I rise to support the recommendation by the Committee. I am not really answering but addressing the fears and the concerns raised by Hon. Mbadi. The appointments of commissioners took place as the country was implementing the new Constitution in the 10th Parliament; at a time when the country was being governed by the Coalition Government. It was the arrangement under the Coalition that prompted the appointment of panels which were shared between the Coalition’s political parties. Therefore, the idea of the panel was prompted by the fact that, at that time, we had not carried out the reforms in PSC which is supposed to be independent. Its constitutional mandate is to concentrate on appointment to the public service. As we speak now, the PSC is a fully independent and functioning body. Its function is basically to conduct HR issues on behalf of the Government. The procedure provided is very effective because the PSC is accountable to Parliament. It is more expedient in the sense that with the appointment of the panel, in every occasion we are appointing commissioners, the President has to appoint panels and so on which makes it very laborious and time consuming to the point of being very expensive. This is the standard way the country should go in using the PSC and the functions that are constitutionally due to it as the public service function. To that extent, this amendment carefully coincides with the direction the country should take. I, therefore, support."
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