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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, anyway, in Busia it is the county government not the national |Government which did the street lights and the public believes, at very exorbitant cost. I will touch on the very last one which is the issue of the wage bill, but let me first touch on the East African Community. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would have wanted to hear more about the East African Community. This is because the summit has not met for quite some time now. Even the summit which regularly meets at the end of November did not meet. Whereas the Government begun with an excellent relationship between the partner States of East Africa, we know that there are problems. They have not met for quite some time now. It appears they do not support each at the international fora such as the African Union and others. We know there have been changes in various projects. Therefore, I would have liked to know more about why the good will and excellent relationship that begun when they took over power, is no longer exhibited. It is sad that nobody talks about the East African Community or the East African Federation. I hear some of the countries within East Africa are planning to join SADEC. So, I would have loved to hear more about that. On the wage bill, I agree with what was stated. However, we will be fooling ourselves to think only by reduction of wages shall we deal with the wage bill. What has to be addressed also is the total establishment of the public service. I was talking to the Salaries Review Commission (SRC) members. They told me that their mandate is just to give policy on wage bill. They do not give policy on issues such as what is the ideal The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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