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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Billow",
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        "legal_name": "Billow Adan Kerrow",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the clarification. It is just that the use of the words \"basic salary' causes a bit of anxiety. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no problem with this amendment. I support it. But I need to raise just two points very quickly. One, I think the preparation of Budgets, if I may use the words of my colleague here, is not rocket science. It should be as accurate as possible, so that we do not have wide variations. The kind of amendments being made to some Items, for example Kshs597 million being removed from pensions because it is not going to be used, are not encouraging. Secondly, there is a question that had been raised, both inside and outside the House, about an increase of the salaries of Ministers and Assistant Minsters through a circular by the Head of the Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet. Perhaps, just to encourage transparency, I would advise the Minister to also shed some light on that matter. Where exactly is the so called increase that the Head of the Public Service and Secretary to the Cabinet has, in fact, effected? We cannot find it in this particular document. I understand it was included in the Estimates for June, 2005, where we find Kshs200,000 in every Ministry as salaries for Ministers, and, I think, Kshs100,000 for Assistant Ministers. It is important that we bring it out clearly, so that hon. Members of this House can approve something they can see, without hiding anything or causing such an impression. Otherwise, I support the amendment."
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