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    "speaker_name": "Kangundo, Muungano",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fabian Muli",
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        "legal_name": "Fabian Kyule Muli",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in debating this Bill. It is not only the former MPs who have economic challenges, but all Kenyan citizens. The economy of this country is moving faster than money in our pockets. Money in our pockets does not have value, but the economy is demanding value. It is important to realise that the value of Kshs100,000 that is proposed for former MPs is not the same with that of Kshs2,000 that was passed in the 1980s. The Kshs2,000 that was passed at that time had value. After 30 years, it will be the same case for this amount that we see has value today. There is a challenge in the frequency of doing analysis of our Kenyan system of remuneration. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has failed this country. It has failed to give proper statistics and analysis on how to value salaries of people, how to give them pension and the number of people in this country who need to be paid a salary. With this, the country will have a challenge. We are not only talking about former MPs, but we have former teachers, nurses and doctors as well. The value of the salary a Kenyan citizen gets is not equal to the service he gives. That is why the duty of SRC is to value job groups properly every time. The money a former MP earns today is money that is not supposed to be earned by any citizen in this country. The economy is moving in such a way that the SRC needs to be giving a report on the amount of salaries that citizens need to be paid every year. I thank the Leader of the Minority Party for bringing this Bill. I wish it addressed all Kenyan people. It should have talked about job groups for everyone. We would have got salary values that are commensurate to services provided. If you work for one day or one hour you have a right to be paid for your service in this economy. I support this Bill with the understanding that once it is passed, it will be applied. This House has passed many Bills for the citizens of Kenya. Our people should be enjoying many of them. The country is asking if some of them were passed and they are there. We look like a country that has a lacuna in laws. This House has passed important Bills and Motions, but we do not know where they go, once they have been passed by this House. I support this Bill as it will help my former MP who is my voter. My understanding of equitable distribution of resources is that every citizen should be compensated for their work as per the current value of the currency. The value of the currency now is not one that you can pay somebody Kshs2,000. So, I stand with my fellow Hon. Members in supporting this Bill. Thank you."
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