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    "id": 823237,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lugari, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ayub Angatia",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ayub Savula Angatia",
        "slug": "ayub-savula-angatia"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Because of time, I will contribute for two minutes. I also rise to support this Report on the improvement of services and facilities for Members in Parliament. There are three arms of Government; namely, the Judiciary, the Executive and the Legislature. The Judiciary has a very strong facility in terms of training for its staff and upgrading human resource. There is the Kenya School of Law where they hold regular courses. The Executive has Government schools. There is one in Nairobi and another one in Kwale where they hold regular seminars on how to upgrade and improve services in the Executive. Looking at Parliament, we budgeted for some money towards the establishment of an institution to assist us in training our staff. Up to now, Parliament is not running the way it is supposed to be compared to the Judiciary and the Executive. We are lagging behind. That is why when a good report such as this one comes to Parliament, we have to support it to improve the human resource capacity of this Assembly. There is the issue that Hon. Maanzo has spoken about. You cannot take three months to pay your staff at the constituency level. That is against the International Labour Dispute Resolutions. We end up going to our pockets to support our parliamentary staff at the constituency level. Those people should be paid on a monthly basis the way Members of Parliament are. Lastly, I congratulate the Parliamentary Service Commission for having done a good job - although it is not in this Report - on the issue of mileage to ensure our colleagues who come from Nairobi and Nyeri also equally benefit like those of us who come from far. I support the Report."
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