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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "Parliament, and then Parliament would start fighting with them. We must have a country where when you are given a position, you move away from individualistic thinking and serve the country in good faith. What we remember from the previous commission is the cutting of salaries just prior to elections. We do not want such a thing to continue. This time round, we must have a commission which is made up of good men and women who are ready to serve the country, who are not going to give promises from one financial year to the other and say they are doing job evaluation year in, year out. As we pass the names of the commissioners, I want to urge Members in this House to look at men and women of integrity who will not be looking at who is sitting where and using that leeway to award salaries. We must have a commission which is going to look not only at the technical makeup of your job but must also put a lot of weight on the social aspect of the job. We cannot have a situation where you look at a Member of Parliament and equate him to a civil servant who is sitting in the office. You must look at the job content and its weight. My Committee also supported a very important aspect of this House and this country. The only development that we see in the rural areas is by the NG-CDF, which was set in good faith before the county government was set up. The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning recommends that funding in this country must be overseen by us and ensure they work in tandem with how the NG-CDF has been working. This particular Committee looked at the overall allocations and we agreed that most of the allocations were in tandem with the plans of the various departments and commissions in the Government. Let us support the areas which are going to make a difference in this country. Because of time, I am going to request the Members to…"
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