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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "I am sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding whether or not we found out if the SRC have a capacity to do their job, we did not reach there. I think that some indicators that will show whether they have a capacity to do their job and the ability to carry and solve this problem going forward will come out when we get their report on Monday. This will give us the confidence that these are men and women who have the capacity to continue doing their job. But we were reminded by Members of the Committee that we must also, as a House – because we have always conducted ourselves with dignity as the Upper House – respect certain institutions, even when we do not agree with their membership. If there is a problem with the membership of certain institutions, we must also follow the legal procedures of questioning their capacity and abilities. I have no reasons now to start casting aspersions as to whether or not they have capacity until we look at that report. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the unique challenges of different areas, I think that this can only occur if we were to allow a situation where allowances also will be pegged on whether certain areas are arid, semi-arid and so forth. That could be part of the suggestions that we can give to the SRC, when they are dealing with reviews of salaries. To some extent, I have always argued that the county assembly in the county government should be given a small leeway when they want to make an additional contribution to the welfare of the county assemblies, so that the counties that are doing well can find a way of also adding something to their salaries. That is my personal view. Those are some of the views that we can always present to Commissions in the future."
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