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    "id": 1244858,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13590,
        "legal_name": "Murungi Kathuri",
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    "content": "This Commission sits almost thrice a month. You fail to understand what they meet every week and every month to review? This is because once you review the salary for officers, then that is it. Unless Senators have mercy with this body, it can just be temporary or just meet twice or thrice a year. The allowances that they draw are in excess of Kshs40,000 per meeting. Then, when MCAs who are elected by members of the public sit in a county assembly to execute their mandate, they hardly get Kshs3,000. This is hypocrisy which started when Sarah Serem was the Chairperson of SRC. We battled with her when I was in the other House until the new Chairperson came in. We thought she will be better but she is worse. That is why I support the sentiments by colleagues that the SRC chairperson and her Board should appear before this House so that we ask them hard questions. That should just be an open forum so that every Senator can be able to express themselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kshs80,000 as the salary of MCAs is a slap on their face. These are elected members just like us. They are legislators who oversight and also---"
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