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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, that is really intimidating. I want to second the Motion that seeks the leave of this House to extend the time period available for the Committee to consider this nominee for the position of the SRC Chair. I just want to say one or two things because the real debate will come once the Committee is done with vetting the individual. I personally do not know him much and so, I want to see how he answers questions before the Committee. Therefore, it is important to us that this time is extended. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, let me be on record also that the SRC was created for a purpose. The purpose was to manage the public expenditure in terms of how much we spend on State officers and other public servants. I am sure that Kenyans have decided to close their eyes to the fact that the public expenditure has not gone down. Actually, it has increased much more with the SRC. Why is that? The SRC inadvertently thought that their work or single duty was to reduce the salary of politicians. The SRC that was tasked with the very important responsibilities of ensuring that public servants are not discriminated against and that State officers are treated uniformly in a way that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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