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    "id": 711662,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. King’ola",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2328,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to speak on the Public Service Commission Bill. I have received the regulations that will replace the guidelines. When you look at Clause 42 on the introduction of casuals in the public service, I am glad this is going to regulate the sector. Casual jobs have been given by the public service, particularly on Kazi kwa Vijana Programme and the guidelines were that youths from some parts of this country were paid differently from youths from other areas. The regulations provided in this clause are going to introduce a baseline and it will be difficult to abuse the labour laws in this country. Clause 43 talks about transfer of officers. Some time back, there was a requirement that not more than three people from the same ethnic group should work in one office. That has since been abused. When you go to offices, you find a whole block of offices occupied by officers from the same ethnic background. I hope this will address that problem. We also hope that it will instill accountability and transparency when it comes to transfer of officers. Without regulations, some officers are discriminated against. This Bill is going to address some of those issues. It is going to check on abuses of labour laws. Again, on introduction of casuals in the public service, most of the students who go for attachments are misused. If there were proper regulations, our students who go on attachment to these institutions would earn some money. On Clause 43, officers have been seconded to parastatals, but have not been considered in remuneration. That is discrimination against a public officer. For example, if you are working in the Ministry of Energy and you are attached to the Kenya Power Company, it is not clear whether your salary will be increased. These regulations will ensure that the officers earn what is due to them. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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