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    "id": 230493,
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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem is not only in Suba District. It is in many districts. In fact, I have a list here, which shows some of the areas where teachers were erroneously paid the hardship allowances. That is because the TSC and KNUT negotiated that arrangement. There are some divisions or locations that are listed as hardship areas in one district, and others are not. For an area to be declared a hardship area, issues like availability of food, water, transport, communication and climatic conditions are taken into account. They vary from area to area. Some teachers are being deducted that money because they continued receiving that allowance even after being transferred from hardship areas. 4174 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 6, 2006 Harmonisation is being done to cater for all civil servants, including teachers. When that is done, we shall agree which areas will be treated as having low, medium or high level of hardship. The report has recommended that some areas suffer from high level of hardship, others are medium and others are low, depending on the availability of all those six items in a certain area. One district may have arid and semi-arid areas as well as fertile lands which produce a lot of food. An example is Kieni Division in Nyeri District. It has to be given relief food when other parts of Nyeri are very fertile and have a lot of food. So, you cannot treat the whole district in the same way. That is why we are undertaking the harmonisation exercise. It will be fair because all the line Ministries are involved. The TSC will also be involved. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot give any undertaking now. But when the report comes out, it will be given due consideration for all the areas in the country."
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