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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask the Government whether it is in control, or it is just playing around with Kenyans’ lives. It is very shameful and disappointing to hear the Assistant Minister speak with a lot of confidence as if all is well when our citizens are dying because of that poor man; the doctor, who is crying for his right. I thought the Assistant Minister would be using a reconciliatory language to the striking doctors. Given the way he put it right here, Kenyans should not have confidence in the Grand Coalition Government. My humble request is for the Assistant Minister to go back to the drawing board and consult with his colleagues, so that they can come up with something tangible and convince the striking doctors to return to work."
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"content": " Yes, hon. William Samoei."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to ask my friend, the Assistant Minister for Medical Services, what the Government policy and position is in regard to consultations between the Government and its employees. We had the teachers strike, then another group came and now, it is the doctors. We do not know who is going to follow next. Striking and holding demonstrations are almost becoming a way of negotiating for salaries rise by public servants. In a civilised country like ours, there should be a coherent and consistent policy on how to engage with the people who work in the Public Service, so that we do not waste a lot of time with teachers, doctors and others on the streets. In circumstances like these, we lose lives, we waste a lot of public time. What is the Government policy? Does the Government have a policy on how to engage with its workers or is it by guess work or trial and error, the way we are seeing in this particular case?"
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"content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will start with the issue raised by my friend, hon. Samoei. It is the policy of the Government to alleviate these problems. Under the Constitution, there is what we call the Salaries and Remunerations Commission, whose purpose is to deal with the problems of salaries and allowances for all public servants. As we are all aware, interviews have been done. It is now upon this august House to approve the names of the Commissioners, so that the problem of strikes related to salaries can be solved once and for all. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the hon. Members said that the doctors are crying and that I am taking the matter very lightly. That is not correct. That is why we have burnt the midnight oil and managed to come up with a rise totaling to Kshs7 billion, which is to be staggered over a period of three years. We have managed to convince Treasury that there is need to avail the money within seven calendar months. So, as a Ministry and a Government, we have tried our best, in accordance with the law and as provided in the Constitution. Lack of facilities is a problem which has been there for a long time. I am the one who presented the Ministry’s Budget proposals for the current financial year to the Budget Committee of this House. We were very disappointed as a Ministry that what we had requested, as a technical Ministry, was slashed and we were given a paltry Kshs1 billion for infrastructural development. Therefore, it is the duty of this august House to consider the plea of the Ministry of Medical Services, so that its budget can be enhanced in the next financial year, or it can be enhanced through the Supplementary Budget."
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"content": " Hon. Members, the Assistant Minister has completed giving clarifications. He has done as best as he can. If anybody has any more issues, he can raise them in---"
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"content": "(Several hon. Members, including Mr. Ochieng and Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, stood up in their places)"
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"content": "Why are you standing up, hon. Ochieng? We want to hear one more Ministerial Statement and move to the substantive business of the House. I think it is on security."
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"content": "EFFECTS OF CURRENT FLOODS IN KENYA"
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"content": "On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I had requested a Ministerial Statement from the Minister of State for Special Programmes relating to victims of floods in the country. The Minister was meant to deliver the Statement today but I do not see anybody from that Ministry. Could you give direction?"
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