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    "id": 235624,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/235624/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Billow",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank the Minister for that elaborate Statement on hardship allowances. The issue has been affecting many public servants. As the Minister said, in 1969 hardship areas used to cover those areas which were referred to as the Northern Frontier District, including Turkana. The Minister was also very clear that the issue is about food, water, climate, social services and transport. It is interesting to note that the Minister admitted that there is no equitable distribution of resources to date. That is why there is no improvement, whatsoever, in hardship areas. So, instead of us reducing the number of hardship areas, the number is increasing. There is a general feeling among many civil servants that when one is sent to a hardship area, it is a punishment. The 30 per cent which is calculated to Kshs1,200 is not adequate. Could the Ministry consider cancelling the whole concept of hardship allowance because it is not adding any value to us, and instead replace it with rewards which would target adequate compensation in areas, particularly of hardship in housing and other needs, that are considered important to public servants?"
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