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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to add my voice to this Bill. I support the Bill because I believe it is good. The Chapter of the Constitution on public service is a very good section which encourages transparency and accountability. Now that it has not been operationalised, those sections may not work well. That is why it is important to have this Bill to operationalise it, so that it can come into effect. This Bill encourages the provision of uniform principles and similar frameworks for all public servants. I believe that is a very good provision. The schemes of service for all public servants are going to be uniform, so that we do not have one commission with a different set of conditions which the officers work under. We should have similar ones. I also want to support the idea of employing casuals in the public service. Currently, there is a big challenge in terms of unemployment. If we can have seasonal jobs for some people as they wait for permanent jobs, I believe that can be good. We need to have the issue of attachment captured in Clause 44, so that students in colleges can have an easy time in getting attachments as part of their training. I support Clause 42 because it brings clarity on the issue of secondment, so that we do not have cases of disputes between county governments and the national Government in terms of deployment of staff. I believe if we have a smoother way of dealing with issues of secondment, cases such as the one we witnessed recently of quack doctors being seconded by the national Government to county governments may not arise. Hopefully, there will be a clear law to be followed in dealing with issues of secondment. On the issue of petition and the procedure that should be followed to remove the DPP, I think it is important to have this in law. I am not sure if it is not there currently, but it is good to have it properly put in law, so that the person sitting in that office will not sit pretty without fighting issues such as corruption. The biggest problem we have in this country currently is corruption. Resources which could be used to improve the standards of living of our people and service delivery are being squandered. The DPP is quite comfortable in office because there he has security of tenure. Those issues need to be addressed. I am also happy to see that transfers and dismissals in public service are going to be regulated properly, so that whoever is in charge of any department will not easily dismiss junior staff. This is well provided for in the Bill. Mistreatment of junior staff will not arise or it will be reduced. On the appointment of PSs, the President will choose a PS from three nominees. I believe this is a good provision. The President will have some room to appoint people 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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