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    "id": 1129709,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "times and we even had to issue summons. I really like CS, Ukur Yatani, because we sat in the building that he sits in. You do not call a CS and he says that he has been called to the State House. If you call him again, he says that he has been called to the State House. What State House? We have also been called to State House before. When the current President was in the National Treasury, I was there as the director of political affairs. Whenever His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta was called to Parliament by a Committee and he was on his way to the State House, President Kibaki would tell him to deal with Parliament first, because it was important. However, nowadays, CSs feel like being called to the State House is a privilege. Maybe that is why we need politicians back on those seats. He would tell me: “I am dealing with the people, let me go to Parliament. I shall go to State House because it will always be there.” Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, at the meeting on 30th September, the National Treasury committed to pay former councilors, who sat for four consecutive terms, a gratuity at the rate provided in a circular of 14th October, 1994. This category comprises of 328 former councilors, who will draw a total of Kshs218 million. It is not the amount that we wanted, but it was worth something. In those meetings, you would see a councilor sitting at a farm. They told us that a former councilor had been employed somewhere as a shamba boy. These are the fathers on whom devolution is standing on. We are standing on their shoulders. They are the ones who started this devolution. Many of these defunct councils were collecting more in aggregate than some counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must acknowledge these former councilors. All former councilors who sat for less than four consecutive terms were 11,919. They will be paid a gratuity of Kshs200,000 each, and the total cost will amount to Kshs2.3 billion. I have urged the President to invite all these former councilors to Nyayo Stadium to thank them for their service to this nation and give them a certificate of honour or Head of State Commendation (HSC). They should then add to this Kshs200,000. They will even help him in this process. Councilors are influential wherever they are. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, moving from that, we noted the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Langat on the declaration of 719 employees of Finlay Kenya redundant. It touched on two counties, Kericho and Bomet. We conducted county visits to both counties and had sittings the county executives and county assemblies of both counties. We actually went to James Finlay in Chepkebe, Kericho. We met with the management together with the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) on issues regarding the Statement. We observed that this situation needed a multi-faceted approach to mitigate against the consequences of automation of tea picking in both counties. We were shocked to learn that Bomet actually produces more tea than Kericho, but Kericho has the brand. It is known. They are neighbours with Bomet. Many people The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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