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    "id": 323771,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/323771/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nguyai",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 113,
        "legal_name": "Lewis Nganga Nguyai",
        "slug": "lewis-nguyai"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that employees of Molo Town Council have not been fully paid their June, July and August, 2012, salaries. (b) The non-payment of salaries is as a result of the reinstatement of 40 employees in 2008 by a court order citing wrongful dismissal from employment. The implementation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in 2010 also increased salaries by between 40 per cent and 60 per cent, which made the situation even worse. As a result, the council is unable to meet its obligations because the revenue cannot match expenditure. Besides this, the months of June to December are low seasons of revenue collection for local authorities. Revenues such as single business permits and land rates are paid annually and they are usually collected between the months of January to May. Only market fees and parking fees are evenly distributed. (c) The council has been paying employees Kshs2,000 on a weekly basis for their upkeep. The balance will be cleared in October, 2012, when the Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) will be released by the Government. The Council also anticipates collecting more revenue from agricultural cess when the potato crop matures during the month of October. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
}