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    "id": 1368263,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kuria",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kuria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir and hon. Senators. The Ministry of Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management appreciates the role of the Senate in terms of providing oversight, which ultimately makes us better public servants. In response to the Question by the Senator for Kirinyaga County, Sen (Dr.) Murango on what criteria is used to categorise and gazette areas as hardship zones in the country and why Mwea Constituency in Kirinyaga County is not gazetted as a hardship area considering the adverse conditions in most parts of the county; the first criteria used is unavailability or lack of food accessibility. Other criteria include, unavailability and inaccessibility or otherwise of water, transport and communication service in terms of adequacy, availability or accessibility of social services, climate conditions for that particular area and the terrain or harshness of the area; insecurity or high possibility of security threats in a particular area and finally, the severity of poverty. Mwea Constituency has not been gazetted as a hardship area because the Government is addressing the challenges of the existing disparities in designated hardship areas across the public service. It has undertaken a study to review and harmonize the designated hardship areas across the public service . Gazettement and implementation of the designated hardship areas shall be undertaken upon the approval of the Cabinet. This matter is currently before the Cabinet. As to when the Ministry intends to classify Mwea Constituency as a hardship area in order to compensate public servants who serve in the region under adverse conditions; the Government is addressing the challenges of the existing disparities in designated hardship areas across the public service and has undertaken a study to review the same and harmonise the designated hardship areas across the public service. Gazettement of the hardship areas together with implementation of the same is currently under consideration by the Cabinet the with guidance from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). I submit."
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