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    "id": 236654,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in a letter dated 31st July, 2006 and addressed to the chair of the negotiating committee, the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) gave a detailed proposal on salaries, allowances and other benefits in view of the prevailing cost of living. These figures were no doubt rather high. However, they were put on the table for purposes of negotiation. Therefore, I will table this document in the National Assembly, so that hon. Members of Parliament, particularly the relevant Departmental Committee can look at it as an objective evidence of the negotiating process that the university dons have been pleading for. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, secondly, the Vice-Chancellors' committee in May, 2001, recommended salaries and allowances for dons, which gave a professor a top salary of Kshs375,000 minus allowances. A tutorial fellow had been given a top salary of Kshs201,000 minus allowances. Again, I will submit this as document No.2 for the perusal of this House to see the objective facts that have been put on the table both by the vice-chancellors and the dons for the Government to consider in considering the salaries, allowances and terms of service. These figures compared rather poorly to the basic salary and allowances given to university administration staff. The basic salary of a vice-chancellor is Kshs460,000 and when we add allowances, this totals to over Kshs1 million. Therefore, if you add the basic salary of a vice- chancellor with other allowances, the total sum comes to about Kshs1 million."
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