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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I thank the Petitioner for this important Petition. This matter of areas being categorised as hardship or not has been raised by many Members in this House. I remember at one point during the last Parliament, the Ministry of Public Service and Gender indicated that they had done a comprehensive report covering the whole country indicating which areas qualified as hardship areas. I urge the Government to fast-track that report, so that it is brought to this House, debated and passed, so that civil servants in places categorised as hardship areas can benefit. That report showed that if you go to an area like Kitui, you will find that teachers and doctors earn hardship allowances, but policemen and people working in the Judiciary do not. That discrimination must be done away with. It can only be done away with by having a comprehensive report which addresses this matter. I urge the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security - where I am a Member - to fast-track this matter and sort it out for the whole country rather than just for Karachuonyo, which is just one part of the country. I submit, Hon. Speaker."
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