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    "id": 1547213,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. This issue recurs because of the mystery surrounding hardship areas. We asked the same questions that we are asking today last term. First, it was difficult to know who does the classification. It was taken to TSC, but we thought it was done by the Ministry of Education. Then, it was taken back to the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. Even knowing the person in charge of it was a problem. That is why you see Members being very jittery because this is an issue that is shrouded in mystery. The ones who benefit do not want the issue to be opened up. You cannot say that Kenya before devolution is the same one that was in the 1960s or 1970s. Some areas were classified as hardship areas at that time, but today, with devolution and development that has gone on, they are no longer hardship areas. The Cabinet Secretary must demystify this mystery. Let us know the parameters that were used, whether they change, and who makes the changes. If you remember, when we were discussing National Police Service housing, it was applied across the country. Some people will look at Gilgil Constituency, and say it is not a hardship area. However, a teacher from Gilgil Town will need two hours or more to get to a school in Gwa Shati or Thugunui. What we need from the Ministry tomorrow are the parameters. Have they changed? More importantly, is there a periodic review and how is it applied, so that we know how you qualify? Teachers move from any area which does not have hardship allowance. Those in the hardship allowance areas even bribe their way to stay there. They stay in one place until they retire because they do not want to be moved from that area. If we do this, we will be dealing with the whole country. We will have a way forward instead of having this issue in every Parliament. We have been talking about it from the Eleventh Parliament. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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