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    "id": 859328,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "In addition, all the other constitutional commissions and the dependant offices referred to in Chapter 15 of the Constitution, have also enacted operational legislation in conformity with the new constitutional principles. Whereas this House has been able to pass legislations relating to all Chapter 15 commissions, we have not been able to pass a legislation relating to our own commission as a House. Members will note that even in the 11th Parliament a number of Bills were brought before the House and they were not passed. They lapsed in the 11th Parliament. Now this gives us as a House an opportunity to pass this Bill so that we have a Bill regulating the functions of the Parliamentary Service Commission just like we have done for the other commissions. The Bill was published twice during the 11th Parliament but was not enacted. I just want to say that as the Chairman of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, when this Bill was referred to the Committee, we undertook a very comprehensive public participation pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of our Constitution. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution of Kenya and Standing Order No. 127 (3), advertisements were made in the dailies to invite the public to make representations on the Bill. The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), the National Assembly, the National Police Service (NPS) and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) responded. All what was presented to the Committee during the public hearings sessions forms part of the Report of the Committee. At this point let me encourage Members as we deal with the Second Reading of this Bill that they need to go to the Table Office and pick the very voluminous Report of the Committee, which encompasses all the comments and views by the PSC, the National Assembly and SRC because they gave important input to this Bill."
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