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    "id": 859341,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Members of this House that this is our Bill. We have legislated bills for other people but this is ours. We should not shy away from it. It is ours and it will legislate how the functions of Parliament must be conducted. The Parliamentary Service Commission Bill, unlike the misconception out there, is not about the staff. It is not a staff Bill. It has never been about the staff of this House. It is about the welfare of Members of this House and the Senators who are also Members of Parliament. This Bill is about Article 127(6) of the Constitution. It is about our welfare. We must legislate on it. It is not about the staff. The staff of this House work for Parliament. To bring it closer home, the Parliamentary Service Bill is akin to the Judicial Service Commission law which is about judicial officers and not the staff of the Judiciary. We must, therefore, rise, support and own this Bill as one that belongs to the 416 Members of both Houses. In this regard, although I am the sponsor of this Bill, it relates to all of us as Members. Under Article 108, the Constitution has created the office of the leadership of the minority and majority parties. That provision is just hanging. It must be legislated. We must know the role of the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party and their deputies. We are not Chairs of Committees. We represent political parties here. We represent Members. We do not sit in the Parliamentary Service Commission. So, we must create an avenue in this Bill where we can represent our Members. This is very critical."
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