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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. We spoke at length on the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Supplementary Estimates. There are issues that we raised at that stage and we hope they will go a long way in assisting our people. I want to, particularly, raise an issue on the Gender Commission where Kshs.40 million was taken that was already spent. I hope the Budget and Appropriations Committee will find a way of rectifying that because we did not succeed in the amendment. Hon. Mbadi is also whispering that no further amendment can be made on the Floor even when we go to the Committee Stage. However, the wage bill discussion is an important one and one that must be heard by all means. As we have this discussion, we must look at it holistically. We gave the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) Kshs.50 million to go and carry out a wage bill conference. Now they are saying that the tag line for the county discussions is: “Your salary, my burden.” Are we not going to stigmatize public servants? The theme of this discussion is: “Your salary is my burden.” So, they are going to every county and they meet wananchi who are also saying, “Your salary is my burden.” They must review that tag line. We must have this wage bill discussion within an environment that is enabling and does not stigmatize any group of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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