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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "We need to bring an amendment to this particular section to allow public servants to be given leave, just like we normally give maternity or sick leave. These people are still resourceful to the society. When you make a decision to run for an election, you should not be condemned as if that is the end of your career. I believe if we bring an amendment, it will allow members of the public to be given, at least, six months leave. If one succeeds, well and good and they relinquish their jobs. If one does not succeed, they go back and continue with their work. We do not want people to be frustrated. Another issue is the question of being a degree holder and most Members have discussed it. We need to raise the standard of this House and the county assemblies. Members have said how other Members used to be fluent and good, but things, dynamics and the Constitution have changed. As I speak, Members of Parliament and MCAs are vested with three major responsibilities, namely, oversight, legislation and representation. The two most important ones are legislation and oversight. As Members, we make the Budget for this country unlike previously when it was made by the Executive. You can imagine what kind of Budgets we pass in this House. Sometimes we also do interrogative oversight. You can imagine we are overseeing serious Ministries which deal with huge sums of money. We are sending billions of money to the counties and we need people who understand the question of oversight. How do you oversee if you do not understand those figures? Secondly, we do vetting. How do you vet a professor, doctor or a degree holder when you do not have one? Definitely, you will not understand how this person was employed. This has been debated for the last five or 10 years and it should have accorded an opportunity to anybody who has serious interest in joining this House, the Upper House or county assemblies to go back to school. I know many Members in this House 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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