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    "id": 72522,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, by the time approval is sought from the Minister, the respective local authorities should show that there has been stakeholders’ consultation and a process has been followed to arrive at the fees. The records that were brought for approval indicated that they had undertaken stakeholders’ consultations at that time. The hon. Member is also asking whether these revenues are being raised to cater for the allowances of the councilors. The answer is both “Yes” and “No”. It is “No” because when the council raises its revenue, it is supposed to make sure that it is within the framework of all its operational expenses. At the same time, if it was specifically to try and ring fence what the boda boda pay to pay their salaries, then that would also be unacceptable because it would be wrong. I would like to draw the House’s attention to the fact that over and above this, the councils throughout the country are also subject to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) which has been signed by the workers’ union. Additional pressure has been brought to bear to all local authorities because the workers put their feet down and demanded an enhancement. After several months of negotiations, the CBA was signed between the local authorities and the union. This has brought an additional salary burden to all local authorities to the tune of about 40 per cent. CONFISCATION OF IRENE MUCHIRI’S PASSPORT BY HER SAUDI ARABIA EMPLOYER"
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