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    "id": 1223392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moyale, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof) Guyo Jaldesa",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak on this matter. I also want to join my colleagues in congratulating the Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation for rejecting the proposals made by SRC. When we came to Parliament, during the induction week, we were told that one of the reasons why the salaries of Members of Parliament were reviewed downwards was because there were no academic qualifications attached to this position. If academic qualifications were more important, a majority of universities dons, who are holders of PhDs, should be earning the highest salaries in this country. However, that is not the case. Medical doctors are also highly skilled, but they do not earn as much. That is why both university dons and medical doctors keep on striking and crying for better salaries. The SRC needs to recognise that this country is not geographically uniform. I come from Marsabit County, where we do not have a single medical specialist working there. Together with one of the former governors, we thought that by paying people higher salaries, we would attract them to come and work in the county. We got willing specialists, but they were turned down by the SRC because we could not pay them beyond the prescribed scale. Because of that refusal by the SRC, the communities in Marsabit County could not get services or medical specialists. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the SRC assumes the role of a “senior commission” overseeing and controlling other commissions. That should not happen. The SRC is a commission like any other. They have their mandate and they should just stick to that mandate. Everyone has talked about what the SRC is doing to civil servants across the country. It looks like the SRC anticipate that civil servants should live in abject poverty after retirement. Everyone aspires to have a better life. However, the SRC, in their not-so-caring attitude, seems to enjoy when people suffer. For that reason, I think whoever proposed that the SRC should be recalled or checked is in order. With these few comments, I support the rejection of the regulations."
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