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    "speaker_name": "Mathare, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Oluoch",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill. I will begin by addressing the issue of whether this Bill should go to both Houses. I agree. This is a Parliamentary Service Bill. Parliament, as constituted under the chapter on the legislature, contemplates that we have the Senate and the National Assembly. As indicated by Hon. Cecily Mbarire, there are also commissioners from the Senate and the welfare cuts across. This Bill should go to the Senate. Having said that, allow me to dissent with my good friend, Hon. Chris Wamalwa, on the issue as to whether the contracts of the CEO ought to be limited and also on the issue as to whether the National Assembly should have a hand or a say in the AIE holder. Those two arms of Parliament are co-equals. To suggest, therefore, that one arm of Parliament which is the Senate should provide a CEO whose term is not limited, contrary to known practices in employment and also to suggest that the AIE holder must be from the Senate is to pour cold water on the position of the National Assembly. Secondly, there is the history of the Parliamentary Service Commission which was very well elucidated by the Mover, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party. The current Parliamentary Service Commission Act is anchored on Article 45A and 45B of the old Constitution. As per the dictates of the current Constitution, Articles 127 and 128 as read together with the Fifth Schedule gave a timeline of five years for us to put this Bill in place. In 2015, you will recall that a Bill of a similar nature was brought to Parliament and lapsed. To date, we have passed all other Bills which have been elucidated before but we have failed to pass a Bill that speaks to the welfare and well-being of MPs. Looking at Chapter 15 all commissions, without exception, have legislation to guide them. There is the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHRC), the National Land Commission, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Public Service Commission (PSC), the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). They all have legislations to guide them. In my humble view, those commissions exist to champion, ring fence and protect the interests and the welfare of the persons for whose membership they exist. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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