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    "id": 1490086,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We have seen the report that has been tabled by Hon. Melly, but there are still some issues that have not been spelt out. One of the biggest challenges in Moi University is not just the salary arrears for the members of staff. The problem is, even for those months that they have been paid, unfortunately they were getting the net pay. All their deductions, like NSSF, NHIF, and their loan repayments were not being submitted. Therefore, many lecturers and staff members will tell you that one time they were driving their car in town when it was repossessed and towed away. When they ask why, they are told that the money has not been remitted by the university yet their payslip shows that the money is deducted. The university has been paying net income but not remitting the statutory deductions which has led to a crisis. So, even if they are paid salary arrears, if you do not resolve the deductions from their salary, which you have not forwarded to the relevant institutions, that will still cause a problem. In fact, currently, since the banks cannot pressure the university, they have decided to go for the individual staff members. Some of them had mortgages and now their houses are being auctioned because they have not been paid, although it shows that it has been deducted from their salary. There is a much bigger problem if we need a formula to bring employees back to work so as to re-open the university. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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