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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gataya Mo Fire",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to these two petitions, brought by the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. I will start with the first Petition on discrimination of procurement and Supply Chain Management officers in the Ministry of Health. It is very unfair for people working in the same environment and office, doing quite a number of related duties, to have this kind of segregation. I do not know who formulates these polices. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has been on quite a number of issues. I do not know why they overlooked this kind of discrimination. We cannot have a section of civil servants earning emoluments while others are being sidelined. It is high time we pronounced ourselves through the relevant Committee. The Committee on Labour and Social Welfare or the Committee on Health should ensure that this matter is brought to conclusion. The other issue is to do with the Bill of Rights. We have seen this country being held at ransom quite a number of times. People wake up one day without any due regard to the law, take the law into their own hands and destroy property. Women are raped and people, including children, get killed all over, but nobody takes responsibility for those actions. It is high time this House pronounced itself very strongly on this matter because we cannot have a system of hooliganism in the name of demonstrations. Demonstration is enshrined in the Constitution. However, what we are currently seeing is not demonstration. It is thuggery and hooliganism, which should be countered in the strongest terms possible. The other issue is on compensation for people who have been neglected for quite some time. It is shameful that we are still talking about compensation 60 years after Independence. This is the best time since we have a very sober Government. There are quite a number of issues that cut across the country. It is not necessarily what Sen. Wakili Sigei has brought. We have many other institutions, tribes and individuals in various regions who fought for this country. It is high time we handled this conclusively, so that we do not have these things being repeatedly brought to this House. I support, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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