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    "id": 919413,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "William Cheptumo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": "Clerks’ term of 17A. (1) A Clerk of a House of Parliament shall be appointed by the office Commission for a term of five years and is eligible for re-appointment for one further term of five years. (2) Despite sub-section (1), if the person appointed as Clerk of a House of Parliament is an employee of the Commission serving on permanent and pensionable terms, the person shall continue serving on permanent and pensionable terms for the duration of the term provided for in sub- section (1) or retire from the parliamentary service upon attaining the age of sixty years, whichever is the earlier. (3) An employee of the Commission serving on permanent and pensionable terms who has served as a Clerk of a House of Parliament and has completed his or her term of office as set out in sub-section (1) before attaining the age of sixty years shall be compulsorily retired and is eligible for payment of pension in accordance with the applicable laws. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the justification here is that in view of the fact that the clerks of the two Houses hold constitutional offices established under Article 128(2) of the Constitution, there is need to provide term limits comparable with the prevailing limits applicable to other constitutional office holders. A time has come when we really need to provide for a term of a clerk. We are proposing a maximum of two terms for somebody to serve as a 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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