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    "id": 823068,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the work of the Committee. The basics of this Committee should be on making sure that we are very efficient in our work, as Members of Parliament, by focusing on building our capacity. Most of us are elected. It is wise that we keep on polishing ourselves so that we increase our usefulness in terms of service delivery to the electorate. I commend the PSC and the Committee. I remember that before we went for recess, we talked something about IT and facilitating Members in regard to having more IT gadgets and being more IT savvy. Clearly, from where I stand, I can see that there is a gadget. I urge this House to consider taking some of the Members of this House through some kind of orientation. I can confirm that these gadgets are just part of ornamentation in this House. Very few people are using them. We need something to refresh Members so that we do not just come here to take selfies using these iPads. We should use them to facilitate our business, as a House. On the big building that is being constructed, following the directive that our President gave, we should be leading by example. This House has invested a lot of resources in that building, but we still continue to spend so much on rent for Members’ offices. It will go a long way if the PSC considers allocating enough resources to that tall building, so that we can be housed under the same roof. We will also have the many facilities that we are discussing here. I would wish to have, within the precincts of Parliament, and specifically within the building block under construction, a huge library. The only resource that we can refer to, as Members, is what has been done before and how to do it better in the future. Those kinds of things can only be found in books. We should invest more in the library, both in terms of books and other things that would help us become better Members of Parliament."
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