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    "id": 399950,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The order is very simple. When the Commission was presenting its report, I happened to sit in that Committee. I think that there is an emotional argument that Ms. Sarah Serem continues to make about the sustainability of the wage bill. She actually did indicate to the Committee that the wage bill at this point in time in Kenya constitutes Kshs630 billion, which compares to about 13 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Mr. Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to seek the guidance of the Chair. We did actually interrogate the structure of this wage bill, in the sense that a perception has been created that we, the political class, continue to expand the wage bill, to the detriment of taxpayers. It would be important if the Committee Chairman could advise in terms of this structure, how much of this wage bill constitutes the wage bill accruing, out of the 700,000 members of the public service. To the political class that only includes three categories, that is, the National Assembly, the Senate, the county assemblies and governors - that said and done, I do know from the mathematics that people have done before that it is hardly five per cent of this wage bill. I think that much in the same way that the Chair of the SRC starts with this emotional point, it is important to demolish this argument, particularly in the face of Kenya; that it is not true that it is the political class that expands the wage bill for this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the final order to the Chair---"
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