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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwiru",
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        "legal_name": "Alex Muthengi Mburi Mwiru",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the members of the Union of Kenya Civil Servants in Tharaka Nithi, I would like to present a petition on non-payment of hardship allowance. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the Members of the Union of Kenya Civil Servants of Tharaka Nithi County, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, the Public Service Policy stipulates that public servants working in hardship areas are entitled to hardship allowance; THAT, in 1997, the then Minister for Education gazzeted Tharaka District as a hardship area for Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) signed between the Teachers Service Remuneration Committee and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT); THAT, in 2000, the Government reviewed all hardship areas and cleared Tharaka District as one of the hardship areas and consequently all the public servants in Tharaka South and Tharaka North districts were paid hardship allowances for two months after which the hardship allowance was scrapped; THAT, employees of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) stationed in Tharaka North and Tharaka South districts and Igambangómbe still get paid hardship allowance despite the scrapping of the hardship allowance, and these are the advantages of civil servants working in those areas; THAT, there is a growing discontent among the civil servants working in those areas and efforts to resolve the matter with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has been futile; and, THAT, the issues in respect of which this petition is made are not pending before any court of law or constitutional or statutory body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, investigates the circumstances under which there are disparities in payment of hardship allowance for public servants in Tharaka South District, Tharaka North District, and Igamba Ngómbe Division and recommends that the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC)--- 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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