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    "id": 1497111,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1497111/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "The issue of the appointment of the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Prisons Service is now settled because of the appointment of Mr Patrick M. Aranduh by His Excellency the President on 12th July 2024. With regard to the review of the establishment, as part of the broader and sustainable approach in addressing stagnation, the Service conducted a comprehensive review of the authorised staff establishment of 37,868 uniformed officers, as a result of which those promotions were made. With regard to career guidelines for uniformed prisons officers, we can confirm that the Service is in the process of developing career guidelines that will establish clear entry and exit pathways for officers who are enlisted as general duty personnel, as well as those enlisted as professionals, technicians and artisans. The second question was whether there were any plans to provide decent housing for prison officers under the Affordable Housing Programme and, if so, the status of those arrangements. We can confirm that the Kenya Prisons Service has consulted the State Department for Housing and Urban Development for consideration in the provision of houses under the Affordable Housing Programme. As a result of that consultation, a programme is being developed for a minimum of 5,000 units within three years under the Affordable Housing Programme, as a result of which the Kenya Prisons Service will be proposing a continuation of the National Police Service Housing Scheme to complement the above programmes. The third question was on the status of harmonisation of terms of service, including salaries, for all officers under the various services, specifically the National Police Service and the Kenya Prisons Service, to ensure parity and fairness in remuneration and working conditions. This was recommended by the Maraga Taskforce. We can confirm that the prisons officers’ salaries are paid based on the salary structure that was approved by the PSC and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). However, we can also confirm that having received the recommendation by the Maraga Taskforce for the harmonisation, specifically for grades that have similar entry qualifications in the two services, the Kenya Prisons Service has established a taskforce to harmonise the salaries. That is in progress, especially after the last review was effected. I would like to inform the House that currently, members of the National Police Service only earn an extra Ksh2,000 compared to the members of the Kenya Prisons Service. The technical team, which consists of the Cabinet Secretaries for the National Treasury and Economic Planning, and for the Interior and National Administration, and representatives from the National Police Service, the Administration Police, and the Kenya Prisons Service, is jointly working on that to ensure that the salaries are harmonised and that there is no difference between the lower and higher cadres in the various services in the country. That is the response."
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