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    "id": 878794,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/878794/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "As I conclude, it is clear to this country that there is a clear policy that the wage bill in our county governments and the national Government should not go beyond 35 per cent. How many counties are within that range? How many counties are below 35 per cent? We are in a situation where more than 80 per cent are above that level. What is the Government policy? Is it to change that figure from 35 to 40 per cent or what mechanism are they going to put in place to make sure that we are within that range? I do not want to imagine that somebody just woke up one morning and said it has to be 35 per cent. There must have been a serious thinking and serious analysis to achieve 35 per cent limit. It is internationally known that if you are to go beyond 35, you start eating on the development budget and then you will not be able to develop because for you to grow, you need to invest. These are the hard questions which we need to ask as a House. I agree with all those Members who said that, unless we do something, this is going to be another talking show. I do not think we need to get to that level. If we need to achieve the Big Four Agenda, we need serious work on those pillars so that this country can grow. When the country grows, it will help us, our children and it will even help the rural area. With those few remarks, let me stop there. I do not want to go to the figures because we need to question the policy."
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