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    "id": 1461066,
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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": "We have sat and they never assisted us, for example, in the case of Universal Health Care (UHC) interns. We spend hours here. They told us that they will work with the Council of Governors (CoGs) to confirm the interns under permanent and pensionable terms. The UHC interns served this country as true heroes when we had the COVID-19 in 2020. We have had push and pull over the issue of personal emoluments and welfare of the Members of County Assembly (MCAs), but they have done nothing. You know, under the labour laws, the law does not allow anybody to have their salary cut. It is never practiced anywhere in the world. We have asked them to advise the country on the issue of the welfare of MCAs. We have insisted and sat through the Association of Members of County Assemblies (AMCA) and SRC has not shown up. We have also sat with the CAF. Do you remember the intern doctors who demonstrated for the longest time possible? The SRC could still not advise the country. It is their domain to give a practical implementable with--- You saw the embarrassment that they wanted to put members of--- I suspect SRC was part of the people inciting Gen Z in this Republic. When there were protests in this country, SRC went and issued a circular of salary increments of Members of Parliament (MPs) and other State Officers. If we had not rejected, ‘ tungesalimiwa’ by these Gen Z. They are not having their work cut out and follow what they should be doing as SRC. They embarrassed the Presidency, the State Officers and MPs. Madam Temporary Speaker, why would you want to increase the salary when the economy is going through a hard time? In fact, I propose that through your office and the Head of Public Service, the SRC must give an unreserved apology to the country of Kenya and State Officers for putting us into embarrassment and setting us against the great people of Kenya. We have Kenyans who are earning less. Why not look at that? You have heard from the Secretary General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), Francis Atwoli, during the recent Labour Day and every other time on the minimum wage. This is where we need the wisdom of SRC. It is not their business to look at what MPs and State Officers should do. They should be looking at the Wanjikus, the Madzayos and Kiprotich of this world who do not have anything with minimum wage. That is why, today, we hear allegations that the Governor of Nandi hired young people, gave them helmets and jembe sticks to walk around Kapsabet harassing law- abiding citizens because members of the public wanted to go occupy his office to ask about close to Kshs50 billion that has been allocated to Nandi. Where is it? As we talk, it is shameful for a Governor to use the resources--- Gov. Sang must be called out. Instead of providing drugs to the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital, he is busy providing jembe sticks to young people to harass others. I am embarrassed by the Nandi County security team. In Namgoi Town, criminals are walking around with jembe sticks, yet the County Commander and the county security team are sitting, unless they have been compromised by Gov. Sang. Unfortunately, we tax Kenyans to give money to counties, then the Governors misuse that money for their selfish gains. We cannot allow this in this country. I challenge the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kanja, to tell us why the police officers, County Commander and county 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."
}