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    "id": 1461065,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for that guidance. I was to indicate, but it is important you did. I support and the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget Committee has done a good job. This Report is well captured. Apart from the Sessional Committee on County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), the second busiest committee is the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. I have seen the credentials and the role of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). Under Article 230, the role of SRC cannot be gainsaid. It is very critical because of the decision of review of several civil servants' salaries, which we are being told today, that out of the revenue we collect as a country, Kshs1.1 trillion goes to public servants in this Republic. I have seen that the SRC has not been taking lightly the comments we make about their work. I have even suggested in the past that the SRC should be a part-time Commission because their work is not from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their work is to periodically review the salaries and remuneration and personal remunerations of public servants and state officers across this country, as was envisaged in Article 230. In fact, we should be looking at the possibility of reducing the number of SRC commissioners in this Republic. It is unfair if we are spending Kshs1.1 trillion on salaries and personal remunerations for state officers and civil servants because majority of Kenyans are not employed by the Government. As we wait for the report of the National Assembly on the vetting exercise and transmit this Motion to Hon. John Mbadi Ng’ongo, if he gets the opportunity as the Cabinet Secretary of the National Treasury, he should ensure that these people we approve give value to the offices that we are talking about. SRC has not been helpful in advice. Madam Temporary Speaker, you are a very senior lawyer in this Republic and a Secretary General emeritus, who ensured the midwifery of the current Government. It cannot be gainsaid that the work of SRC is to advise. I do not know how they allocated themselves powers to set the salary. It is not their business. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services, Senate."
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