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    "id": 776120,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "By 1999, Parliament was a Department of the Office of the President in the Executive. Staff used to be employed, deployed, transferred and fired at the whims of the Executive. Members used to make long queues at the Cash Office every end of the month to be paid their modest salaries. The Cash Office was situated at the current Deputy Speaker’s Office, which was later moved to the office opposite the Speaker’s Office. Their salary was so modest that it was paid in cash. As a matter of fact, Members used to eagerly wait to see the Land Rover ferrying their salaries from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) entering the gate of the Parliament Buildings and then went to queue at that office. This is the history of Parliament. There were no mortgages, car loans or any of the other facilities currently availed to Members of Parliament. However, that did not kill the legislative and oversight agility of Parliament. Despite not having car loans, mortgages and Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), with the meagre salary that was brought by Land Rover from the CBK to the Cash Office, hon. Members still performed their legislative and oversight role of Parliament. That is why many of the Members who served during that time are today living in abject poverty. The PSC needs to look at them. In 1999, thanks to the then Member for Alego Usonga, Hon. Peter Oloo Aringo, with the support of my current deputy, Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi… Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi supported the initiative of Oloo Aringo and the following morning he was sacked as Assistant Minister. Therefore, Hon. Jimmy Angwenyi has a history of being sacked not because he did not perform but because he supported the amendment of the Constitution. In 1999, Hon. Aringo decided to initiate the process of emancipating Parliament from the Executive by introducing in Parliament the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill No.3 of 1999, which entrenched the PSC in the Constitution. This strengthened Parliament’s independence and enhanced oversight, representation and law-making capacity. It is worth noting that Hon. Oloo Aringo contributed to the most initial reforms during his tenure as a Member of Parliament and a Member of the then PSC. Hon. Oloo Aringo will be remembered. He will also be remembered for… When we nominated him in the 10th Parliament to the Sarah Serem’s Salaries and Remuneration Commission, he decided to kill the same baby. He became very old and I think he forgot the history of the PSC. He decided to strangle that baby that he was proud of."
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