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    "id": 1854,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kambi",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 39,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kazungu Kambi",
        "slug": "samuel-kambi"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will start with the issue raised by my friend, hon. Samoei. It is the policy of the Government to alleviate these problems. Under the Constitution, there is what we call the Salaries and Remunerations Commission, whose purpose is to deal with the problems of salaries and allowances for all public servants. As we are all aware, interviews have been done. It is now upon this august House to approve the names of the Commissioners, so that the problem of strikes related to salaries can be solved once and for all. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the hon. Members said that the doctors are crying and that I am taking the matter very lightly. That is not correct. That is why we have burnt the midnight oil and managed to come up with a rise totaling to Kshs7 billion, which is to be staggered over a period of three years. We have managed to convince Treasury that there is need to avail the money within seven calendar months. So, as a Ministry and a Government, we have tried our best, in accordance with the law and as provided in the Constitution. Lack of facilities is a problem which has been there for a long time. I am the one who presented the Ministry’s Budget proposals for the current financial year to the Budget Committee of this House. We were very disappointed as a Ministry that what we had requested, as a technical Ministry, was slashed and we were given a paltry Kshs1 billion for infrastructural development. Therefore, it is the duty of this august House to consider the plea of the Ministry of Medical Services, so that its budget can be enhanced in the next financial year, or it can be enhanced through the Supplementary Budget."
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