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    "id": 330046,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/330046/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
        "slug": "adan-keynan"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good that these matters go into the record. We want the Minister for Finance to tell us how the salary of Mr. Charles Nyachae moved from Kshs400, 000 to Kshs1.2 million, and who were involved in the negotiation. Initially, he and other commissioners were offered a basic salary of Kshs400, 000 each but, currently; he earns a salary of about Kshs1.2 million. How was the salary increased? Were other Government departments involved? Was it assessed? Was he given that salary at his own terms? Finally, I want Kenyans and Mr. Charles Nyachae to read the provisions of Article 210, together with the provisions of Section 75 of the National Assembly (Remuneration) Act, and define what constitutes the taxable income of a Member of Parliament. Every Member of Parliament pays tax. It is not something that we are being given. We all pay taxes on our total income. Communication to that effect exists between the Treasury and the National Assembly. Treasury has determined the taxable income of a Member of Parliament as Kshs850, 000. Mr. Nyachae and others played to the public gallery and purported that we are asking to be paid gratuity on a figure that is not within the law. That is not true at all. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, before the decision that was made on 27th August, 2007 by Kenyans, the taxable salary of a Member of Parliament was Kshs200, 000. Immediately the new Constitution was promulgated, the taxable income of a Member of Parliament changed to Kshs850, 000. That is the law. That is how Kenyans"
}