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    "id": 776908,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Motion on the PSC leadership. I take this opportunity to support the names of the Members who have been given this opportunity. I hope that after this Motion is passed, they are going to be sworn in as PSC Commissioners. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just have reservations when I hear that this is a very important Commission and some of the nominees were just loiterers. So, I do not know whether that is going to translate in what we are looking forward to seeing in this Commission. I hope that this Commission is going to bring a lot of sanity in the way Parliament is being run. When I joined the Eleventh Parliament, I was a bit disappointed by the standards, because to me this is an arm of government just like the Presidency and the Judiciary. I expected sterling performance in how things are run, but I was very disappointed to the extent that now I am part and parcel of it. I do not know if it is improving or not, but I hope that the new Commissioners are going to bring new blood into the running of the affairs of Parliament. It should be run properly and show a lot of excellence in every aspect because it is a very important arm of the government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to urge the new Commissioners to do their work with a lot of diligence. They should be broad based in the way they carry out the activities of the House. They should look at all of us irrespective of the political affiliations. They should have the interest of all of us, particularly the Members. People talk a lot about the salaries for the Members of Parliament. But looking at salaries is part of a devolved fund, if I am not wrong. This is because nobody enjoys this money in this House because it comes and goes. So, it should not be a big issue. The same public making noises about the salaries of Members of Parliament are the same ones who are at the forefront, looking for assistance here and there. Yes, we are going to give assistance, but we cannot, at the same time, be paupers running up and down looking for money. Right now I believe so many Members are suffering. Without the mileage allowance, it has become very difficult for most of us to survive in this House. I believe that the new Commissioners will look into the issue of mileage allowance and the salaries. I have never heard of any place where salaries go downwards. They either remain constant or the general rule is that they should move upwards because of the inflation that has hit Kenya badly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the nominees. It is a good mix. We may have wanted other people to be included but, unfortunately, they are not on the list. This is a very selfless walk because as a Commissioner you will serve everybody. There was a lot of push and pull about the names of the nominees and people attached a lot of it to benefits to the Members. It is not about the benefits, but the service you give to colleagues, this honourable House and the general public. I hope that the nominees will The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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