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    "id": 393566,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank Sen. Elachi for bringing this Motion. It is quite sad that we are discussing the same Motion that we discussed three months ago. Therefore, we cannot complain that this Motion has been brought too late in the day. This goes a long way to show the kind of contempt that the SRC has on the resolutions of a House like this. We discussed in this House immediately the MCAs raised the issue. We had an extensive discussion in this House, made recommendations and hoped that the SRC was hearing us, but apparently, nothing has taken place. We cannot over-emphasize the responsibilities that are bestowed on MCAs. We cannot have a county government that runs without checks and balances. The sole constitutional institution that will provide checks and balances at the county level is the county assembly. It is absurd to imagine an MCA earning Kshs79,000 per month and yet playing an oversight role over somebody earning over Kshs1 million. It is even more absurd to expect an MCA to summon members of the county executive committees to question them with regard to their performance when executive committee members earn almost four times what the MCAs earn. So, we ask ourselves, because the sole mandate of the SRC was to rationalize salaries in this country: Have they done so? Sen. Leshore has mentioned that within this country, it does not matter in which arm of Government, we have individuals earning sitting allowance of Kshs80,000 on top of their salaries and we still ask ourselves why we have the SRC in the first place. This is evidence that they have failed in their job and we have not heard them call press conferences to address the challenges with regard to dealing with issues at the Judiciary."
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