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    "id": 1157673,
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    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Petition by Fredrick Gaya on the hardships within Rachuonyo North Sub- County. Even as the Committee looks into this, we have had several petitions on gazettement of hardship areas in various places. I think the gazettement that exists was done during the colonial times. So, it is important that this Committee prepares a proper report and asks Members from the hardship areas to present their cases, so as to consolidation all hardship areas, which this House will then pass. Endebess is a hardship area because the terrain is difficult and when it rains, even reaching schools is a problem. Occasionally, you find some of the teachers posted to Endebess looking for transfer to other areas. My constituency borders West Pokot and people ask themselves why those in West Pokot get hardship allowances and those in Endebess do not. Yet the terrain is very difficult and for teachers or any civil servants to get housing in the area is a big problem. I think we need to revise the criteria for hardship so that it is does not just reflect semi-arid areas, but also areas with difficulties of accessibility, housing and terrain."
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