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"content": "Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is on the 4th of November, 2013. The relevance of that is that the SRC was pegging the increase of salaries on review and re-evaluation of the work of MCAs. For that re-evaluation to be done, the MCAs are entitled to understand or to have knowledge of what was the evaluation in the first place. Therefore, that report was necessary both as a constitutional requirement on access to information, but also under the requirements of Article 230 of the Constitution that requires the SRC to perform its task transparently and in a manner that will be accountable to the public. Secondly, the county assembly leadership will have a meeting on the 5th of November, 2013, which is on Tuesday, to determine the use of that evaluation report and whether or not they will participate in the evaluation process. That is a very sticky issue because the SRC thinks that they are ready to carry out the evaluation, but the county assemblies had made a decision through their Governing Council, which brings together 141 members, that they have to be sure whether or not they will participate in the evaluation once they see the report. So, they will have a meeting on Tuesday. They have invited the Committee to that meeting. Through that meeting, they will now announce two decisions; one, whether they will participate in the evaluation or not; and, two, the way forward in so far as the strike in their county assemblies is concerned. The third is that the SRC has committed itself to do the re-evaluation within two weeks from next week. They are ready and prepared to do this as long as MCAs will play along. They will then write their report and subject it to validation within another two weeks so that by Monday, 2nd of December, 2013, they will give a report of the new remuneration or salaries for the MCAs. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was not a very easy negotiation. I benefitted from the experience and expertise of all the Members present, including the Attorney-General Emeritus. It was important that together, we go through that process and every Member contributed – the Majority Whip, the able Senator for Mombasa and the able Senator for Trans Nzoia; it was important that we all, together, ventilate on these issues so that we get a solution. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the way forward. This is the roadmap. I know the nation is waiting, but this is the direction we are taking. Hopefully, MCAs are going to make a good decision, in the interest of the nation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the deliberations, we were told that county assembly business has been hampered, particularly when it comes to legislation and oversight. Although the question of representation to some extent in terms of visiting the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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