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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As we speak, people are still recruiting. I am sure that there are some agencies that have advertised, and therefore, they should not use Members of Parliament (MPs) as scapegoats or Public Relations (PR) exercise or imagine that it is only when their benefits are reduced to the point that they become paupers, beggars and appendages to other whims, that the problem will be solved. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is timely. It provides us with an opportunity to ensure that there is no lacuna in law. I remember getting a call from one of the commissioners because he was the only one who remained in the SRC because the terms of all the others came to an end sometimes in November last year. He was wondering whether to constitute a commission because unlike other commissions, the term of members is staggered because they become members upon nomination. There was wisdom in the constitutional provision for commissioners to serve for six years and the term is not renewed unless they go to another commission. This provision will help so that there is smooth running of the commission. We know that we have a pending case in court between Parliament and SRC and some of those lacunas of law in terms of making judgment have arisen. The courts have pronounced themselves that the commission is the commissioners and not the secretariat. So, despite the fact that there is a competent secretariat, decisions should be made when there is a fully constituted commission or there is a provision to ensure that they raise the quorum that is provided in law. If that is not addressed in this Bill, it is something that we may want to uptake. Kenyans remember very well the contestation we had with the Independent Electoral and 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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