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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker and thank you for acknowledging my teaching profession. Hon. Deputy Speaker, if there is any one profession that has been hurt most by the SRC, it is that of teachers of Kenya. They have continuously released circulars and letters which otherwise control everything in terms of terms and conditions of service for the teachers. This has made the teachers of Kenya to stagnate in the same job groups for the longest time. Currently, the teachers of Kenya have stagnated and remain at a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) stage that was negotiated in 2016. Since that particular time, it is over 10 years ago. The SRC has been given extra leeway and this historically began when it was thought that SRC would control the wage bill. In fact, what is increasing our expenditure in terms of recurrent expenditure is payment of the loans and not the wage bill. The wage bill has really reduced and, in fact, it has gone down by about 13 per cent compared to what it was. Hon. Deputy Speaker, let me tell you what SRC is doing in these Regulations. It wants to proceed and usurp the powers of all other commissions so that it remains the only commission that would overrule and oversee the other commissions, which is wrong as per the Constitution because all the 10 independent commissions are only subject to the Constitution. The SRC wants to take over negotiations of CBAs from both the employer and the unions of this country. It has already terminated any acting allowances for workers in this country specifically for teachers, despite the Employment Act, Section 4(1) allowing that. The SRC has terminated special allowances which is allowed in the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Act. Currently, it has stopped any negotiations with workers of this country through a letter which I think the Chair of this Committee will be receiving so that he may 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."
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