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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "I am sure the excitement is about the wrong reasons. We are dealing with issues of accountability to Parliament. You can address those others dressed in whichever way or not at all. If you want to do it, do it there if it pleases you. The issue raised by Hon. Didmus Barasa is one of accountability to Parliament. Let us not bring other issues so that we can debate it within those confines. If we introduce other issues where I am not a referee, I will be unable to express any opinion. All these are points of order. All these are interventions. They are now about 19 of them. I can see all of you. Hon. (Prof.) Oduol, I will give you an opportunity to say something. I want us to, first of all, just limit ourselves to this aspect of accountability to Parliament, bearing in mind - and I want us to be clear - that the Constitution permits the President to make appointments to the public service on the recommendations of the Public Service Commission. That is part of the powers given to the President in Article 132 of the Constitution. Article 152 is on CSs and Article 155 is on PSs. Hon. David Ochieng has just made reference to the provisions in Articles 153 about CSs being obliged to appear before Committees of Parliament to answer questions on matters that fall within their dockets. The wording of Article 155 with regard to PSs is that each state department shall be under the administration of a Principal Secretary. We need to address the issue raised by Hon. Barasa within those confines. I saw many of you were very excited. If you want to address me on issues that happened in whichever village, however big or small, please, that is not what we want to deal with. Let us deal with the issue because this is a matter upon which you may be called upon to make a resolution as a House, that is, as to which of those officers should appear before your committees, if you desire to do so. Let us have Hon. Cheptumo. 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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