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    "content": "Boundaries Commission (IEBC) with regard to what would constitute the quorum of plenary. Such matters must be universal in adherence to provisions of Chapter 15 on constitutional bodies so that it is not seen like we legislate a quorum for every commission because they all range from seven to nine members so that there is impartial application of the law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that the SRC continues to play a critical role in ensuring that there is equal pay for equal work done. However, this matter is not yet done. The disparities of salaries within the Public Service Commission (PSC) remain. Salaries of people who have similar qualifications and have been in school and graduated together depend on where they are employed. There was a circular that the former Head of Public Service, Amb. Francis Muthaura issued about the classification of state corporations called the Blue Book that in itself has created a huge disparity. If you look at job groups within Government, from job group A all the way to T, the higher cadres of staff get huge perks and are well remunerated but it is not the case with the lower cadre of staff. This also affects the National Police Service in terms of motivation. So, based on these amendments and serving for the sixth term, the new SRC will engage to ensure that we reduce these disparities so that Kenyans of equal qualifications can also be compensated based on the work done. However, at some point, we will have to make a political decision other than just going for the salaries and packages of Members of Parliament, who are sometimes nothing more than glorified social workers and welfare dispensers. We have to reduce the number of members of our public service. That is something that the Government must be serious about if we have to cushion the financing of our budget. Mr. Deputy Speaker, sir, currently, as we all know, we have a budget of about Kshs3.1 trillion and the ordinary revenue that is supposed to be collected is about Kshs1.9 trillion. Even then, it is not guaranteed because it depends on the new revenue rules and measures that the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury has presented. Therefore, it means the cash crunch that we see, including the delays in terms of salaries being paid to the point that in some counties we have had situations where---"
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