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    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, NAPK",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ezekiel Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am now going directly to the strategic objectives of our visit. It was imperative and necessary for us to understand the kind of facilities and services we have here so that when we are making a comparison, we are able to understand. Our objectives were to understand the workings of the two Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Commons and the House of Lords—and the Northern Ireland in regard to services and facilities; to understand the rules and terms of engagement between the commissions of the two legislatures and their respective committees overseeing or advising on the services offered to Members of the respective Houses of Parliament; to share and extend views on the best practices so far that could enhance the committee’s discharge of its mandate in a more effective and efficient manner. Arising from the study in the two countries, we noted that in the House of Lords, the services committee’s mandate includes oversight of delivery of the day-to-day policy of the commission on Members’ services thus enabling the committee to respond to the needs of their roles without unnecessary red tape bureaucracy of overlapping committee mandates. We also learnt that the House of Common’s Administration Committee is responsible for services provided to Members, their staff and visitors. It also makes recommendations to the commission and the speaker on management issues. The Committee is also empowered, from time to time, to 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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