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    "id": 1563740,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "We must agree that hardship allowance to civil servants and teachers is very critical. For example, in Nandi, I have like four or five wards, including Terik, Chepteruai, Kapchorwa, Soba Songo and large parts of Tinderet. Due to the terrain and challenges that are unique to those regions, they should at least be given what we call hardship allowances. There are other areas such as Kilifi where the poverty index is very high. Also in Kerio Valley where insecurity is rampant. I know Professor Kamari is well-versed with. All these places, they need a motivating factor called hardship allowance. I do not think there was lack of wisdom with the formulators of the Public Service Commission (PSC) that we should have hardship allowances. In conclusion, Madam Temporary Speaker, so that I can give colleagues opportunity to canvass and deliberate on this matter, my clarion call to the Government, lawmakers, including nyumba kumi elders and all of us is that we consolidate bursaries. I am happy the Mukasa and the Kokwet elders, and the village elders will now be given a token of appreciation, courtesy of President William Ruto's Government. I was telling some people over the weekend when we were burying former senior assistant Birgen chief in Egwen in Mugunya, that if you had married a village elder and you did not have hope, there is hope now because that village elder will have salary. So if you had left your husband because he was a village elder, you should be motivated to go back. My village is in Kapkeben, somewhere in Mosoriat. My local assistant chief is called Joshua Chirchir. We should now ask the elders and Assistant Chiefs why children are not going to school yet, education is free and compulsory. We should then ensure money is provided to the school. I am happy this is the conversation we are having in this country. Let us not use politicians to give tokens in terms of bursary. We will create a big divide. Education will be expensive, unaffordable and inaccessible yet, under Articles 53 and 55 of the Constitution of Kenya, it envisages good quality education, affordable, accessible and valuable. We want to see more doctors, lawyers and other professionals such as Dr. Bony Khalwale. Sen. Thang’wa, the mover of the Motion, should direct that there should be a special audit on the bursary that is being given. My governor is notorious. He has changed Nandi from being source of champions to source of corruption, where they write cheques that bounce and some to places that do not exist. They exist up there. Madam Temporary Speaker, let us do a special audit and be told how many people use this money. I think the mover of the Motion you should amend--- You should stop listening to Sen. Orwoba. I know she is still excited about what happened in Kisii. You should ask hon. Moses Wetangula. The people you see in rallies and voters are two different things."
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