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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very important and useful Bill that must be strengthened. As I said, it must be as independent as possible. An hon. Member talked about politics. It is very difficult to quantify the job of a Member of Parliament. Some of us are on duty 24 hours, but somebody believes that the time we appear in Parliament is the only time we are working. I heard one of the FM stations claim that MPs only work for three days; that is, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There must be a way of quantifying the amount of work an MP does. This can only work if we are honest enough. I know there are some places, particularly in some companies where people log in the time they report to work and the hours they have worked. If you leave the office, you log out to show that you have left. People should not just go to their offices, leave their coats and go roaming about and at the end of the day or the month, they cannot justify what they have put in and they extend their hands to receive their pay. The criteria of determining how the Salaries and Remuneration Commission will work to reward productivity must be of very high standard. The Commission should be guided by the principle of equal remuneration. This is provided in Clause 12 of the Bill. This is a very important guiding principle to the Commission in addition to the principles set out in Article 230(5) of the Constitution which states:- “The Commission shall also be guided by the principles of equal remuneration to persons for work of equal value”. The criteria set for the working of this Commission must be high enough. The commissioners must be people of integrity who cannot be compromised, so that they are fair. They should be fair across the board based on productivity and the importance of the role that is being played. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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