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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank my sister, Sen. Elachi, the Chief Whip of the many, for bringing this Motion. We, as the Jubilee Government, have assured Kenyans that we will use our numbers for the sake of the people of Kenya. So, when mighty is required, we will use it to ensure that our county assemblies are back to operation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter touches the heart of devolution. It is for that reason that this Senate exists. But what we have seen in the past few months is a cadre of institutions and officials who want to do things in such a way as to bring devolution down. I know that you have reminded us of Standing Order No.33 (4), and I will avoid mentioning names. But I cannot avoid saying that this is the business of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). In my personal view – and I think that I speak for many of my colleagues – this conduct that we have seen in the treatment by the Commission in charge of this matter amounts to delegation of duty. I want to say, without batting an eye, that the salaries that the MCAs are earning are peanuts; meaning that the question of where the money will come from does not arise. It must come from somewhere, because we will not have an MCA earning Kshs79,000, which will be taxed and expect him or her to oversight a governor who is earning Kshs1 million and even some of the junior people in the county executive. Some office secretaries are even earning over Kshs70, 000. I am not saying that, that is not a good job, but you cannot compare the work of an office secretary, who is servicing one officer somewhere, to that of an elected MCA responsible for a huge area, which is now a ward. So, this pay is very little. At the minimum, it should be pegged to the pay of the so-called ministers. There are some people in the villages calling themselves ministers, when the correct term both in the Constitution and County Government Act, for the avoidance of doubt, is “executive committee member.” That is a good correction to make, because one of the reasons the MCAs are being seen as lower The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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