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    "id": 1269969,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "members of staff to earn hardship allowances while serving in the same area. We have a very funny and disturbing situation in Kitui County. There are members of staff from government ministries serving in some wards, which are classified, as hardship, but they do not earn hardship allowance. However, we have teachers in those wards that earn that allowance. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must be guided by the same formula that we use. We must also be careful that we do not leave this issue to one institution of government. We must ensure that the same formula we used to identify marginalized areas as opposed to marginalized counties is used to determine the payment of hardship allowances. If an area is classified as marginalized, then every member of staff irrespective of which department of government should earn hardship allowance. Finally, when I came to the Senate in 2017, I was told the Kitui County cannot benefit from the Equalization Fund because it did not meet certain thresholds. At the time I was getting in, if you asked any random person walking in streets of Nairobi City County to tell you the marginalized areas, Kitui County would be mentioned in the top three. I urge that we come up with a formula and policy direction. A decision made at a level that it devolves then to all other departments of government to ensure equity and uniformity in the payment of hardship allowances. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I thank the teachers from Kilifi County for raising this issue. I thank you."
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