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    "id": 169419,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/169419/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Githae",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 159,
        "legal_name": "Robinson Njeru Githae",
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    "content": "If you are in the Federal Service, then you have a grade. The grade dictates the salary, house allowance and any other payment that you are going to get. Therefore, it is easy to move from one Ministry to another, because you move with your grade and not with job groups and positions. I am one of the people who have said in this House that we need to reform our salary structure for everybody in the public service, from the President to the messenger. We need to reform our salary structure. I do not see the difference when you say that you are giving somebody a salary of Kshs10,000, a house allowance of Kshs5,000 then travelling allowance of Kshs2,000--- Why can we not just close it up and give out one cheque of Kshs20,000? Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the same case should apply to Members of Parliament. We should just gross up everything. Does it matter whether you call it motor vehicle allowance or this? It really does not matter. Just gross up everything simply for everybody. Whether you are a judge or in the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), just gross up. I will be taking up this issue with the relevant authority and I will say that it is a good idea but Parliament can not afford the pension on the gross amount. So, actual y as employees, when your salary is not grossed you are actually missing and this is the point that we need to tell all the civil servants and teachers. When your salary is not grossed and your pension is based on your basic pay, you are losing. It is better to be taxed everything."
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