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    "id": 393465,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Khaniri",
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        "legal_name": "George Munyasa Khaniri",
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    "content": "governments from. It is now coming out clear who we are supposed to protect our county governments from. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the county assemblies are an integral part of the county governments. Therefore, it is our responsibility, as the Senate, to make sure that the county assemblies are well protected and functioning but when county assemblies are on strike, it becomes our responsibility to ensure that things come back to normalcy. I want to state that this is not the first time that this kind of Motion is coming to the Floor of this Senate. We have discussed this matter before; about the remuneration of MCAs. I remember that we all, in one voice, supported a Motion of adjournment and urged the SRC to sit with MCAs plus their leadership and make sure that this matter is resolved. I am talking to Commissioner Sarah Serem and her Commission. Let Commissioner Serem be informed that under the new Constitution, the county assemblies cannot be equated to the old county councils that were there. I think that is the mistake that SRC is making. Under the new Constitution, the county assemblies have been assigned a lot of responsibilities, legislative and others. Therefore, it is important that we pay them in accordance with the responsibilities that they have been given. A pay of Kshs79, 000 for a Member of a county assembly is a joke. We cannot pay them peanuts and expect them to carry out responsibilities that have been bestowed upon them like oversight of the governors and their budgets, legislation work, among other duties. It is high time that we stood up as the Senate and spoke with one voice so that this matter is resolved once and for all. Let us not make the Senate a talk show place. We want to take decisions here. I want to agree with the Mover that Commissioner Serem should be summoned by this Senate so that this matter is discussed and resolved once and for all. It is a shame that this Commission has no respect for elected leaders in the country. Members of the County Assembly are very important people in the society. They are elected by the people and, therefore, must be treated with the respect that they deserve. They must be given a dignified package so that they carry out the responsibilities that they have been given to them by our Constitution. I, therefore, urge Senators to support this Motion in full and to insist that Sarah Serem and her Commission appears before the Committee of the Whole so that she answers some of the questions that are burdening some of us. I second."
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