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    "id": 1267536,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in this Petition are as follows- (1) THAT, Supply Chain Management Assistants currently working in the Ministry of Health in the county governments are employed by the Ministry of Health and offer essential services such as receiving, storing and issuing pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical items, amongst other duties. (2) THAT, Supply Chain Management Assistants work on weekends, holidays and on emergency duties without any allowances. (3) THAT, Supply Chain Management Assistants are not considered in the distribution of allowances of those working in hospitals despite the Compendium of Remuneration and Benefits for the Public Service of December, 2022, requiring that all health workers, including the Supply Chain Management Assistants, to receive health service allowances and extraneous allowances. (4) THAT, the Petitioners have made all efforts to have this matter investigated and resolved by the relevant bodies whose responses have not been satisfactory. (5) THAT, none of the issues raised in this Petition is pending before any court of law, constitutional or other legal body. The Petitioners therefore pray that the Senate- (1) Takes the necessary steps to ensure that Supply Chain Management Assistants working in the Ministry of Health at the county level are given health service allowances and extraneous allowance. (2) Compels the Ministry of Health to come up with a strategic way of identifying all Supply Chain Management Assistants currently attached to the health Departments. (3) Takes the necessary steps and ensure there is no discrimination of any form against other health workers working in the Ministry of Health. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.237, I am supposed to give a leeway for Senators who may wish to make interventions on this for 30 minutes. However, there are Petition Reports by the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I will allow him to table and thereafter allow 15 minutes for any intervention on this particular Petition. As I resume my Chair, I call upon the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights to proceed to give us his Petition Reports."
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