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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Part III of the Bill deals with the disciplinary provisions. Clause 33 sets out prohibited acts under the Act. Clause 34 talks about penalties for disciplinary offences which include extra drills, parades, reduction of salary. Clauses 33 and 34 deal with internal disciplinary mechanisms. Clause 36 of Part III requires that losses or damage to property to be made good by recovery from the salary of the respective member. Part IV of the Bill deals with general offences for persons who are not members of the Service. Those offences include assault and obstruction of an activity being undertaken by members of the Service in their performance of their duties. Part V deals with limitation of rights and fundamental freedoms for members of the Service who will be in active service. Clause 46 of the Bill requires that limitations set out in the Bill comply with Article 24 of the Constitution. Part VI sets out the financial provisions of the Service. All the monies of the Service will be appropriated by Parliament for the purpose of the Service. Other monies or assets that may accrue to the Service in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act or any other written law also constitute the funds of the Service. Funds also consists of any donation to the Service. Part VII contains miscellaneous provisions. Clause 55 empowers the council to designate specific uniforms for the members of the Service. Clause 64 empowers the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with the council to make regulations. That is a function of the CS. Part VIII contains repeals, savings and transitional provisions. Upon enactment of this law, the existing laws governing the Service become redundant. There must be savings for the staff and assets moving to the new Service. Why is this Bill important? When I joined NYS many years back on my way to the university, it was very prestigious. After 2013, NYS became another animal. I remember, and Hon. Nyikal and the Members who were in the 11th Parliament will agree with me, that in the 2014/2015 Budget, it was shocking to learn that the National Treasury had allocated over Kshs26 billion to the NYS. That was more than what we allocate to the National Intelligence Service (NIS). We asked ourselves what was going on at the NYS. Little did we know that some very beautiful ladies and some not very handsome men… Hon. Jessica was on her feet. You should wait. Some very crafty old men and women were supplying air. In fact, apart from the theft that went on, some people in the National Treasury should tell us more about what happened. In our country, people follow the budgetary allocation. I remember even asking the Executive outside the Chamber what was going on. The budget of the NYS used to be between Kshs4 billion and Kshs4.5 billion in the 10th Parliament. All of a sudden, and Hon. Kioni was with me, it went up to Kshs26 billion. Those young men and women climb the hills and mountains of Gilgil. I remember I climbed those mountains. I used to climb Mt. Kioko very early in the morning. When they come back, there are no pieces of loaves and tea for them because of some beautiful ladies from Naivasha - the Ngiritas and many others. The other thing that shocked me again happened in 2016 when the then Director-General (DG) was sacked. Rugut was sacked. There was another young man who used to work with Hon. Mwai Kibaki. He was a very serious private sector player. Githinji went home. One morning, I saw an old man who retired at the age of 60 being sworn in as the new DG. I was in State House. I asked what was going on. This is the NYS. This guy had retired! He was a very competent Principal Secretary in charge of performance contracting and public service. He was 60 years 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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