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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Angwenyi",
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        "legal_name": "Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. Mr. Sialai has 21 years’ experience within Parliament. He joined Parliament two years before I joined. He has served in five terms of Parliament and he has grown up from an Assistant Clerk to a Senior Deputy Clerk through his exemplary services. Mr. Sialai worked before Parliament was independent. He worked under a regime which took Members of Parliament as messengers who line up every Friday to get part of their salaries at the Office of the President. So, he has all this vast experience and when we formed the first PSC, Mr. Sialai worked with that commission and he gave efficient and effective services. That is why he has been retained over the years. When Mr. Sialai appeared before us as a Commission, he answered all the questions. Actually, I thought he was going to get 100 per cent marks. Somehow, he got the 84 marks, which is also an A plus. This Parliament is fortunate to have that kind of exemplary member of staff. Mr. Sialai is a listener and a team player. He has experience from all over the world and he has imparted it among our staff so that their services have improved. I am sure when he takes over on 22nd March, you will see the impact of this exemplary officer. I also want to say something about the outgoing Clerk, Mr. Bundi. Mr. Bundi has worked very well for the National Assembly and I wish him well. I hope those Members from the Meru community who are here can award him with a Senate seat so that he can come to the Senate and impart knowledge on how Parliament works to the new Members who are going to go to the Senate. I am sure he will be very useful and beneficial to the Senate, if he is elected to represent Tharaka Nithi County. If he represents that county, I am sure he will impart very good knowledge on the Senators. I am going to differ with my leader here, Hon. Mwadeghu. It is not 20 per cent who are going to come back. I believe this time, the way they have worked, the Blls they have passed in this Parliament and the way they have utilised the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), I am sure about 50 per cent will come back. You might not come back yourself."
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