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Salaries and Remuneration Commission(SRC) Chairperson Lyn Mengich when she appeared before the Senate Devolution Committee at Parliament on July 6, 2023 [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Lyn Mengich, the boss of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) was on national TV this week to elucidate on doctors' remuneration. Her explanations make perfect sense, but before we get there, let's unpack the package of acronyms: SRC sets pay parameters for public officers - outside of Parliament, of course, because our waheshimiwa scared the hell out of SRC by threating to do to it what they did to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

Well, I'm explaining acronyms by introducing new ones. For those who have forgotten, when PLO Lumumba was appointed to EACC helm, he spoke Kizungu mingi, that many politicians could not grasp with their Class 4 English.

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