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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Treasury providing that adverse opinion, from my experience as the former the Leader of the Majority Party, a consultation between the Office of the Attorney-General (AG) which is the State Law Office and the Ministry concerned takes place once the vellum has been prepared. If at this stage they have given an adverse opinion, there is high likelihood that they will give a more adverse opinion to the President when it comes to signing this Bill. Secondly, the element of the financial sustainability is a very crucial thing that we must understand. Taking into account the situation of the economy now, this Bill will cause serious strain to the Exchequer. I think we must live to the fact that this is going to incite all the other sectors within the Civil Service. Like currently, we are increasing for the Members of Parliament (MPs). What will stop a Permanent Secretary (PS) or another civil servant from saying “my pension must also be increased”? I hope and pray that the Chair of the Committee and the Leader of the Majority Party do a further consultation with the National Treasury once the vellums are ready. That is so that they do not take that same adverse opinion to the person who assents it to law. That is because this Bill will not go to the Senate. In my opinion, this Bill does not concern counties. I think the Senators have only served for one term. They should not be worried. It is the second team of Senators which is now in the House. Because this is a Bill I really wanted and I supported Hon. Mbadi, it is good that I raise these two issues. One, it will create a spiral effect within the Civil Service in that if the MPs can increase their pension to Kshs100,000, what about us? What about those of us who are in the Civil Service? Of course, you know the laws that this House has passed on the fair administration of justice and the provisions in the Constitution on discrimination. We do not want this Bill to die. We want this Bill to survive. Why did we say that we must increase? If you see some of the MPs currently, those who come around here, they earn about Kshs32,000 to Kshs33,000. Some of them earn Kshs40,000. With the current situation, you know what Kshs32,000 is. It cannot even be fare, if the Member is coming from Migori. Let us say the first Member of Suna, maybe it was not even called Suna East but something else at that time, is coming all the way from there to Nairobi. I do not think whether it will serve him even the transport and the accommodation. That was the reason. You know it is good to protect the dignity of leaders. I hope the leadership and even our Speaker should deal with the matter of the adverse opinion by the National Treasury. We must be alive to the fact that this is going to cost more spiralling within the Civil Service. But I am very happy that we have dealt with the issue of backdating. It was a very serious issue in terms of sustainability in paying within the Exchequer. I beg to support."
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