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    "id": 1277719,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "I, the undersigned, on behalf of teachers of both Secondary and Primary Schools residing in Kilifi Municipality, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, through a Kenya Gazette Notice dated 19th March 2019, Kilifi Town was conferred to the status of Municipality which led to the enhancement of house allowance for civil servants; THAT, teachers under the permanent and pensionable terms are paid house allowance every month by the Teachers Service Commission based on the teacher’s job group, working condition and status of town and geographical area; THAT, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission issued an enhanced house allowance classification of teacher’s work stations within municipalities, whereby those residing in major towns receive a higher pay for house allowance so as to cushion them from the high cost of living and high cost of housing; THAT, the teachers working and residing within Kilifi Municipality allegedly feel discriminated and that their right and fundamental freedom is infringed as prescribed by Article 27 of the Constitution of Kenya; THAT, teachers in Kilifi Town are not paid a commensurate allowance as those residing in major towns hence seeking for house accommodation at the outskirts of Kilifi Town; THAT, teachers residing and working within Kilifi Municipality experience very high cost of living, the cost of rental houses and basic commodities is high compared to the monthly allowance that they are paid forcing them to seek affordable houses in the outskirts of the town far away from the schools in which they teach; THAT, the above said situation has strained them financially in regard to cost of transport, insecurity, service delivery, accessibility to markets and shops and other social amenities; THAT, the matter presented in this Petition is not pending before any court of law or any constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Public Petitions Committee: 1. Inquires into the living conditions of teachers working and residing within Kilifi Municipality; 2. Recommends that teachers in both Secondary and Primary Schools within Kilifi Municipality are facilitated to receive enhanced house allowance; and, 3. Makes any other recommendation or action it deems fit in addressing the plight of the petitioners. And your petitioners will ever pray. I thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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