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    "id": 1402190,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "raising the taxes and inflation is high. These doctors earned Kshs78,000 just before August 2011. We want them to earn Kshs70,000? We need to speak for the people who are dying. When children of the Cabinet Secretaries and MPs get sick today, they will go to Nairobi Hospital or Aga Khan Hospital, which is paid for by these taxpayers who are dying. We do not want to do anything about it because we are safe; our spouses are safe. We have an insurance paid for that can avoid these strikes. There was a time I suggested that all State officers to be treated in public hospitals for them to feel the pinch, the way other Kenyans are feeling the pinch. We need to know how many people get worse and die, as senior Government officers in the Ministry of Health continue displaying arrogance and even using language that is not acceptable. How do you say that doctors must come to the table and sign the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)? The CBA that is there, that doctors signed, was signed by a legitimate Government. The Cabinet Secretary for Health needs to learn that Governments exist in perpetuity. You cannot run away from decisions that have been made by a Government. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, how I wish a proposal could be made that salaries of Principal Secretaries and Cabinet Secretaries be reduced. How I wish that we would propose salaries of MPs to be reduced to 10 per cent. Why are we comparing and saying interns in Zambia are getting 70? Why are we not taking the salary of MPs in Zambia? Health is the most important thing. The day this country wants to move ahead, we must invest in keeping our doctors in place. We must invest in keeping our nurses here. All of them are looking for jobs abroad because we are joking with this issue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I call my colleagues to speak truthfully to this issue and ensure that we condemn what is going on and call the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry of Health to order, to ensure that the doctors’ pleas are heard. At the very least, they must not be given less than what they have been earning."
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