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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": "provision for Parliament. That should not be seen as authority for SRC to make the remuneration of Members of Parliament, or State Officers serving in Parliament, a ping-pong. We are being embarrassed. Every time we have an election, you find a new remuneration structure in place once you are re-elected back to Parliament. You sat in the 10th Parliament, Hon. Speaker. You remember that the pay for a Member of Parliament was about Ksh1.2 million, and it was not subject to taxation. It was reduced to Ksh630,000 in the 11th Parliament. It was reduced further to Ksh510,000 in the 12th Parliament, and we went to court. When it was pegged at Ksh510,000 against all public servants and employees of Government, only Members of Parliament were told that they would not have annual increment. In spite of this being in law, we need harmony because the Salaries and Remuneration Commission Act, and the Constitution, still say that the SRC will harmonise salaries. Hon. Speaker, you are the head of this institution, and the third in command in the State. You are a Member of Parliament. Why do we have a job evaluation by SRC that puts Members of Parliament at cadre 43, thus causing us to earn less than principal secretaries and cabinet secretaries? How do we oversee them? We sit here and approve their appointment but they earn more than we do. I am telling the incoming members of the Commission that I signify my approval. I will vote for their approval. However, let us go back to work. Let them not just sit there. They should remember that we put them as full-time commissioners so that these things can be harmonised. We need a peaceful relationship. As the President said, it is not necessary for a commission to sue another commission. Let such cases be withdrawn so that we can sit and work together towards safeguarding the constitutional mandates of the various parties. I thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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