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    "id": 814129,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/814129/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "I want it to be known to the House that last week, or last week but one, we passed some amendments to the SRC Act that has now made this Commission a permanent one, unlike in the past when it was part-time. They are now working on a full time basis. Therefore, it is imperative that even as the Committee considers the person to chair the Commission and even the other nominees who will be commissioners, to bear in mind that it must be a person who will be committed and dedicated to work. It is not a person who will belittle the SRC to be a Commission that deals with politicians. That is a perception out there; that it only exists to deal with politicians and payments for politicians and our salaries. It is a Commission that is so critical for our doctors, nurses and teachers, as the Leader of the Minority has said. It is this Commission that will set the pace in the adjudication of labour disputes in this country, especially on matters relating to pay. Therefore, with that in mind, I support that we should have adequate time to scrutinise each of these nominees to ensure that they are people who are capable to serve on a full-time basis, without being directed by public opinion, but facts as to the payment of all public officers, not just Members of Parliament and politicians."
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