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"content": " Hon. Speaker, you were there during the drafting of the current Constitution. One of the issues that we fought for under the current Constitution was the pure presidential system. Some people wanted a pure presidential system, while others wanted a pure parliamentary system. Those of us who have suffered as a result of the Constitution coined the idea of devolution and equalisation. I am sorry to say that devolution is not working as expected. Equalisation has been abused. The definition of arid and semi-arid areas and hardship areas has been abused. When will we have a country with equity and one that appreciates the uniqueness of every region?"
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, I know you have done a lot. I do not know whether Members and my good friend, who is also a seasoned lawyer, are privy to the Supreme Court decision on the NG-CDF. The NG-CDF defines certain things within our governance structure. I believe in your leadership, Hon. Speaker. Do not leave it to the Cabinet Secretaries. Can you guide them to bring this matter to an end once and for all, so that there is predictability, certainty and a guarantee of what will happen to whoever falls under that definition of “hardship areas’?"
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"content": "Hon. Pareyio then Hon. Makilap, kisha tufunge na Hon. Murugara."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this issue of hardship areas. I brought this issue before the House last year. My constituency qualifies to be a hardship area. I say so because teachers are running away from schools in my constituency. My neighbouring constituencies are all beneficiaries of hardship allowances but no area in Narok North Constituency has been classified as a hardship area. The teachers in that constituency suffer a lot because they travel many kilometres to reach schools. We have no roads. Those teachers have no houses within school compounds, so they live in the town centres, which are very expensive. I ask that Narok North Constituency be considered as a hardship area. Meanwhile, let me wait for a reply from the Cabinet Secretary. I asked that question when he came here, but I have never received a reply. Narok North Constituency qualifies to be a hardship area like other neighbouring constituencies which are benefiting."
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"content": "Hon. Makilap. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Member for Nyando Constituency wanted the criterion for classification of hardship areas in the country and how it can be applied. If we define hardship areas in terms of how hot or cold they are, we are missing the point. Hon. Speaker, we should define hardship areas as per the availability of road network, electricity, goods and services, movement and transport. We should also look at congestion. Nairobi City County is a hardship area because it is too congested and the cost of living is very high. So, let us look at the whole country. The cost of living in Kenya today is a hardship for everybody, including where children are born. There is a critical need to apply hardship allowance across the Republic of Kenya, so that every person who faces hardship in this country, in one way or the other, will benefit. Otherwise, this will be a selective injustice to parts of Kenya. If we have to apply hardship allowance in accordance with the degree of the sun, or hotness and coldness of a place, then we miss the point in the entire country. We need to fix this matter. For example, Baringo County is a hardship area. However, Eldama Ravine Sub- County does not have a hardship area, yet their neighbours in Elgeyo-Marakwet County—who experience the same degree of coldness as the ones in Timboroa— get a hardship allowance. It is discrimination. Government employees move from that area to other areas looking for a better package. We need to think about Kenya holistically, so that we can have something else, but not hardship allowance, that can be given to all civil servants and government employees across Kenya based on the degree of cost of living and accessibility to the most basic needs of human life. If we do that, we will make Kenya equal for all of us. That is the only way we deal with the hardship allowance. Otherwise, it will continue to be an inequality and injustice for parts of the country. Let us think broadly in a way that can sort the whole country. Otherwise, we shall classify our areas as banditry areas very soon, and we shall demand banditry allowance because bandits make us suffer. Others will have Al-Shabaab allowance because of Al-Shabaab attacks. Let us look for something that will bring uniformity for government employees across the country because of the accessibility of the things that I have said. Thank you very much."
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"speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. The issue of hardship allowance and declaration of hardship areas may today be termed historical injustice. It dates back to just days after Independence when the then Minister for Economic Planning and Development, the late Joseph Thomas Mboya, came up with Sessional Paper No.1 of 1965. This is where, for the first time, it was proposed that productive areas had to get more resources than areas that are less productive. To compensate those areas that are less productive, hardship allowance was introduced. Unfortunately, as we speak today, if we go by the way we make our budgets, you will find that some counties that are considered to be more productive get the chunk of our budget, while those that are thought to be less productive get very little. This is unjust. It cannot be protected anymore. We should think about it. Secondly, you will find that there are areas declared as hardship like Tharaka Constituency. This applies to teachers and the Judicial Service Commission staff. Next door is Chuka/Igambang’ombe Sub-County which is exactly like Tharaka, yet they do not get hardship allowance. When we look at it across the country, it is unfair or unjust. It should now be equalised so that hardship areas which are less productive are given more resources to catch up with other areas in Kenya so that we have some parity of some sort. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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