{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137821","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137819","results":[{"id":1394611,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394611/?format=json","text_counter":329,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Buuri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri","speaker":null,"content":"This Bill also proposes to establish Office of Head of the Public Service. The Secretary to the Cabinet should not necessarily manage the President's Office. I support the establishment of Office of Head of the Public Service because he will be in the Executive Office to purely handle matters of the Presidency. This is a very important proposal. There is nothing in the Constitution that is against the establishment of that office. As argued by other speakers, there is nothing unconstitutional that has been established."},{"id":1394612,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394612/?format=json","text_counter":330,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Buuri, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri","speaker":null,"content":"I support that we have the chief administrative secretaries. They have responsibilities. It is a good office that will support the running of the Government. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."},{"id":1394613,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394613/?format=json","text_counter":331,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":" This is just one Bill. You cannot support a part of it and oppose the other part. It is an omnibus Bill. You either support or oppose it."},{"id":1394614,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394614/?format=json","text_counter":332,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Hon. Mugambi Rindikiri spoke off the record)"},{"id":1394615,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394615/?format=json","text_counter":333,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Farah Maalim","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":16,"legal_name":"Farah Maalim Mohamed","slug":"farah-maalim"},"content":"Without amendments? It is then okay if you intend to bring the right amendments. Proceed, Hon. Melly. I do not know if the Chairman has anything to say."},{"id":1394616,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394616/?format=json","text_counter":334,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Before I proceed, I want to urge Members from the other side of the aisle to read the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs led by Hon. Murugara. The Committee has made a raft of proposals that inform the discussion that we are having today. It is the practice of this House that after a Bill is read the First Reading, the relevant Committee gets seized of the matter and conducts public participation. The Committee, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Murugara, has given us good proposals on this Bill. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1394617,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394617/?format=json","text_counter":335,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":"There are certain issues that the substantive Speaker mentioned, which I would like to speak to. The Committee’s Report and its attachment are part of legislative processes of the House. The Members of this House are supposed to be seized of the matter so that we do not go into issues that are not in the debate. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Bill speaks to the issues that Kenyans have spoken to. The courts have challenged the establishment of offices to be within the Constitution. If you look at the Office of the Assumption of the Office of the President, the position of the officers seconded from the Office the President-Elect were very few. They are now being increased. This is to give the person of the Office of the President-Elect a lot of say in the process. This is to make sure that they have a say in the processes of assumption of office, with the support of the existing Government offices."},{"id":1394618,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394618/?format=json","text_counter":336,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":"On the issue of chief administrative secretaries, the courts spoke to this matter with several rulings. That is why the Office of Chief Administrative Secretary is not deputising or taking away the functions of the Cabinet Secretary or Principal Secretary. In fact, the court spoke on processes like how the Office of Chief Administrative Secretary was established. It did not follow the law. This Bill is responding to such issues. It advertised the position, interviewed the proposed office holders and went ahead to put the demands of experience of five or 15 years, so on and so forth. This Bill is properly before the House. We are currently trying to address some of the issues that were raised by judges in the courts. That is what the Committee looked into."},{"id":1394619,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394619/?format=json","text_counter":337,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":"On the issue of creating Office of the Head of Public Service, this is quite clear. In the Constitution, it has been merged with the Office of the Secretary to the Cabinet. In this case, in the wisdom of the President, the Office of the Head of Public Service is to be separate for efficiency and functionality, so that he can attend to issues as a Principal Assistant to the President and also address issues that the Head of Public Service is supposed to deal with. Previously, this office was not well designated. That is why this Bill seeks to ensure that is it well designated. Hon. Murugara’s Report has come out clearly on the functions and duties of the Secretary to the Cabinet and how that office is supposed to operate. In essence, this Bill is trying to realign and put into perspective even the role of the National Security Advisor to the President sitting in the National Security Council. All these issues are very important for proper running and management of these offices."},{"id":1394620,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1394620/?format=json","text_counter":338,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Tinderet, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Julius Melly","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support this Bill. I urge Members to read the Report by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, who went ahead to make several progressive amendments to the proposals contained in this Bill. With those remarks, I support."}]}