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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, the tribunal was appointed pursuant to the provisions of Section 45A (5)(h) of the Constitution, and Section 23 of the Parliamentary Service Act. Section 23 of the Parliamentary Service Act (Act No.10 of 2003) empowers the Parliamentary Service Commission to, from time to time, appoint an independent body of experts to review the terms and conditions of service of Members of Parliament and employees of the National Assembly, and upon receipt of the report of the experts so appointed, to transmit the report together with its comments thereon, if any, to the National Assembly. The tribunal presented its report to the Speaker of the National Assembly on 12th November, 2009 and thereafter, on Wednesday, 30th June, 2010, the hon. Member for Kitutu Masaba, Walter Nyambati, who is the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Service Commission, tabled before the House during the morning session, the Report of the Tribunal with the comments of the Commission. In the afternoon sitting of the same day, the House adopted the Report of the Tribunal, together with the comments and recommendations of the Commission on a Motion that urged the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to introduce the Draft Bills attached to the Report to give legal effect to the Report and the Commission’s recommendations within the next seven days. Hon. Members, therefore, with respect to the first issue regarding adverse comments on a matter before the House, a distinction needs to be made between pending matters and those matters which the House has concluded. In respect of pending matters, Standing Order No.77 is relevant. Under that Standing Order, it is out of order to anticipate the debate of a Bill which has been published as such in the Gazette by discussion upon a substantive Motion or an amendment or by raising the subject matter of the Bill upon a Motion for the Adjournment of the House. Similarly, it shall be out of order to anticipate the debate of a Motion of which notice has been given by discussion upon a substantive Motion or an amendment, or by raising the same subject matter upon a Motion of the Adjournment of the House. The Chair has time and again ruled, and I reiterate here, that it is unbecoming conduct for any Member to make pronouncements outside the House on any matter relating to any business pending before the House."
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