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    "id": 711692,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kipyegon",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill, which seeks to ensure that all parts of the Constitution are properly operationalised. The Bill provides for the operationalisation of Article 234 of the Constitution, which talks about principles and framework for uniform norms and a way of looking into the salaries of public servants. We should harmonise the terms of employment in the national Government and the county governments because the academic qualifications, and other qualification, for jobs at both levels are uniform. Some people in the county governments earn more than those working in the national Government. This provision will ensure that there is uniformity in terms of employment and how people work. There are areas which have not been addressed. There are counties that are categorised as hardship areas. Some employees in those counties receive hardship allowance. For instance, teachers in my county earn hardship allowances and yet other employees working at the district or the county governments are not paid that allowance. This Bill will bring uniformity in terms of how remunerations are made. All employees working in hardship areas should be paid hardship allowances. Clause 44 of the Bill says that the Commission will regulate the employment of casuals in the public service. In the morning, we talked about the Free Primary Education (FPE) Programme but we did not mention shortage of teachers. Parents are normally asked to pay PTA teachers and it is very costly. 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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