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"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": "(SRC) Act, 2011 was passed on 27th July 2011 and the commencement date was 27th July 2011, the same day. You can gauge the significance of this. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Act, 2011, was passed on 5th July 2011 and the commencement date was 5th July 2011, the same day. You can also gauge the significance of this. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Act was passed on 21st March 2011 and the commencement date was 22nd March 2011. The National Land Commission (NLC) Act was passed on 27th April and the commencement date was 2nd May 2011. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Act was passed on 27th August 2012, and the commencement date was 31st August 2012. There are 15 constitutional commissions and two independent offices, that is, the Controller of Budget Office and the Auditor-General. The Public Audit Act was passed on 18th December 2015 and the commencement date was 7th January 2016. The Controller of Budget Office Act was passed on 31st August 2016 and the commencement date was 21st September 2016. The last one, the Public Service Commission Act was passed on 7th April 2017 and the commencement date was 26th April 2017. Ask yourself, this is a law-making House of the Republic of Kenya and the legislative arm of the Republic of Kenya. We have aligned the laws concerning all the other 15 constitutional commissions and the two independent offices except the Parliamentary Service which concerns Parliament. Is this not unfair to the people of Kenya? Is it not unfair to us? Today we have busy bodies maligning the names of the elected representatives of the people of Kenya and abusing us through the media with minimal information and twisted facts. This is unacceptable. For those Members who did not know the history of the PSC, I want at this juncture to appreciate the good work done by former Members of this House led by Hon. Castro Peter Oloo Aringo who assisted us in the 8th Parliament in the formation of the PSC under difficult circumstances. It was not a walk in the park. He was de-whipped, beaten, harassed and abused. We stood firm at the wee hours of the night. That was what gave birth to PSC. Who is any other body today under the current Constitution to purport to intimidate and blackmail Members of this House? It is unacceptable. You should not accept. We will pass this Bill. We ought to have passed it five years ago. We have been told that this Bill proposes an increment of salaries. I want to challenge those who are sponsoring this falsified information to tell us both in the proposed amendments by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and the Bill itself if there is anywhere where it purports to increase the salaries of Members of Parliament. This is perception. It is not true. I want the media to read this. It is not true. We will not allow Members of this House to be condemned unheard. We will not allow the elected representatives… You need to appreciate that the framers of the current Constitution, under Article 1, equated representation to sovereignty. For those who are not familiar, Articles 93, 94 and 95 of the Constitution as read with Article 218 give you powers to legislate, play oversight role, do budget-making and all others that pertain to the interests of the electorate of the Republic of Kenya. Honestly speaking, when I see busy bodies… Today, our members of staff are some of the most privileged public officers in the Republic of Kenya. I want to say this as a commissioner without fear. I want the chairman of the Commission to hear. For any member of staff purporting to sponsor falsified information against Members of Parliament and yet you want to serve in this Parliament, no, we will not allow you. We know you. We will not allow you. We have taken care of your interest. Let me say this, I do not even want to go to the details. You know yourselves. We stood with you. Allow Members of Parliament to get their place as the 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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