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    "content": "must go back to their employer who is the county governments and negotiate at that point with the county governments. They can then address the issue with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). That is where the responsibilities lie. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even if we argue about this situation for another 90 days, it will come back to the same place. Their employer is the county governments, which follow advice by the SRC. There is no CBA because it was illegally executed. I sympathize with doctors because they do a very difficult job. In spite of my understanding of where they are coming from, we must appeal to them to also appreciate that they do not just do another regular job. They do a job that is as close to godliness as one can get; to deal with matters of death and life. When you deal with that kind of responsibility, it appears to me that you cannot also treat yourself as if you are going into an office and churning out paper. You go to an office to save lives. When that responsibility has been granted to you by the Almighty, you should take it with a certain extra level of responsibility. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the National Assembly did better by allocating Kshs2 billion to village polytechnics instead of the Kshs1.5 billion recommended by the CRA. Whereas I agree that the Kshs2 billion should go to institutions called village polytechnics, I would like to recommend their renaming to county polytechnics because the people in the villages feel strongly that they do not want to attend a village polytechnic. This is because it connotes failure. Villages in Kenya do not have the same positive image as one would have, say, in Europe. In our country, they are colonial institutions that do not feel good to our youth. Therefore, let us call them county polytechnics and proceed to make them good. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the only way to make those village polytechnics work is to structure the curriculum in each institution, so that they do not offer similar courses. For example, we should not have 10 polytechnics situated in the same area all offering courses in dressmaking. I like good dresses and seeing the likes of Sen. Elachi dressed as good as they are, but we cannot have everybody making dresses. Who will buy them if everybody is making a dress? Let us not have the polytechnics that are focused in one area. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had quite a bit to talk about the CRA, but because of time, I will stop there. I beg to support."
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