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    "id": 192108,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member cared to listen to what I was saying, because I have not finished, he could not have jumped to an irrational conclusion that I was misleading the House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this letter is written to my Permanent Secretary. My Permanent Secretary is a responsible officer of Government. He does not just pick up a letter and embark on a mission that will create disharmony in Government. The letter proposes that salaries of June 25, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1375 Ambassadors be increased. It further proposes that the adjustment applies to Ambassadors and High Commissioners who are currently serving in Kenyan diplomatic missions. This means that when they come back, we have to reduce their salaries because it only applies to those serving. Secondly, we have Ambassadors who serve out there, finish their term and come serve at the headquarters. It meant that we are going to increase salaries for ambassadors who are in missions but ambassadors who are at the headquarters like the Chief of Protocol, the DPA and others were not going to be affected. This creates disharmony and disparities, which I am not ready to encourage. Three, the letter was simply requesting and not directing the Permanent Secretary to effect the adjustments. The Permanent Secretary found this request, on consultation with me, untenable and wrote back to the Permanent Secretary, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service to tell him that we need a holistic approach to adjustment of salaries of diplomatic staff and not just Ambassadors. This because diplomatic representation and staff is not just about ambassadors and High Commissioners. We have many more staff who do as much work and when we do such adjustments, we have a duty to consider everybody across board."
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