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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "of Kenya. We benchmark outside this country especially in the European countries. Most of the benchmarking should happen from within so that we represent the people over lunch hour. As we talk about ourselves, as Members, I also want to speak about another category attached to us. My effectiveness, as a Member of Parliament, largely depends on the effectiveness of my staff, especially the ones who are attached to my office by the PSC. As I address this House today, our staff across the constituencies have not received last month’s salaries. We need to be serious about how we handle these staff especially from Protection House, coming down in terms of returns so that they can budget for money and have programmes for it. As things are now, our staff never know when they are to receive salaries. As I speak, there is no single staff attached to any Member of Parliament who has received last month’s salary. We need to expedite and have it not just for this quarter and month, but have it in a more programmed manner, going forward. As we talk about building capacity for Members of Parliament, everyone knows that we have been receiving a lot of negative media coverage since last week. As we talk about facilities in terms of computers and other IT gadgets, and good offices, the soft part of facilitating Members is also very important. We need to have short courses or some kind of training, especially on issues we deal with on a daily basis as well as on issues that can affect us most tragically when it comes to handling some matters. It is my plea that this Committee considers Members for short refresher courses on how to handle the media and on public relations as well as other things that are relevant to us as politicians so that as we try to do so much for our constituents, we project ourselves well out there. As we consider ourselves for short courses, I urge the Committee to consider having some basic training for our staff. As we debate matters of national importance, our constituency offices are operational. We want our bosses, who are our voters, to be attended to. We should continue to sharpen the skills of our staff through training them periodically so that as we handle the national agenda in this House, they can continue to effectively serve our constituents, on our behalf."
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