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    "id": 37930,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is talking about the disquiet, correspondence and disagreement between the CIC and the Head of Public Service. I have already stated in my response the genuine concerns of the Government about levels of remuneration. That is because the money that is being paid by the Government in form of salaries is public money. We are concerned because, as you know, the new Constitution has created so many other commissions. We did not want to create precedence, where other commissions are going to come and say: “We want to be paid as commission A, B, C and D.” So, I recognize that this is a very unique and special commission, but we have a situation where the Commissioners are earning more than Members of Parliament, Cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister. We want it to be very clear that this is a one-time deal that refers only specifically to this particular commission. It cannot be used as precedence by all the other commissions established under the Constitution to demand to be remunerated along this line. Those were the concerns of the Government and I am sure that hon. Members will agree with me that they are very genuine."
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