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"content": "There are some jobs which people who believe in some religions cannot do. Some people cannot work in some sectors because of their religion. Others do not work on Saturdays because of their religion. Other people have to dress in a certain way. Please, let us have a comprehensive report. Let us not look at numbers and names like O, K, Kamau, Otieno and Kiplagat. Let us try to avoid that kind of conversation. Going forward, we need to expand our private sector to create more jobs and opportunities so that people will not be fighting for the small and shrinking public sector. The wage bills in some of those private institutions are so 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": "large that they are collapsing. Even counties have a lot of wage bills. If we talk about employment, I believe the framers of the Constitution did not say we should follow a specific rule. They said we should try a balancing act that is dictated by so many factors that we cannot avoid."
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"content": "This is a good Report, but we have to be just in this country. Please, let us do more things. Some of the private and public institutions are dying because some of the tribes are managing them. This is bad by all standards. We even have some institutions like universities with the same tribe from top to bottom. All the heads of departments come from the same tribe. That is wrong. If that is what we are talking about in this Report, I agree with it. But there are some other jobs that you look at factors like qualifications and region. Let us not play politics with some of those Reports to prove that there are many Merus in a certain institution, and they need to be removed so that we can have people from other regions. Those are not the politics and discussions we want to engage in this House. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Hon. Rindikiri Mugambi, you are done. Do you want to be informed? In fact, that question does not arise because you have ended your contribution. Hon. Duncan Mathenge, Member for Nyeri Town, do you want to contribute to this Motion?"
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a member of the Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity. The representation by my friend, Hon. Rindikiri, is far from the truth in terms of the depth of involvement that the Committee engages in with different Government institutions, commissions and Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs). We not only looked at the numbers, but also asked for documents. The mandate of the Committee extended beyond looking at employment diversity, which is the representation of all Kenyan communities in public employment. It is imperative to note that the threshold that is set in law is not more than 30 per cent. Largely, from a historical perspective, the benchmark of when we started this audit is 2012. After that year, COVID-19 happened. There have been freezes in employment, and the requirement is for us to put in place some measures that accord the under-represented or un-represented communities to have affirmative action for on-boarding. Those measures cannot be set only by the Committee; it is the responsibility of this House."
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, as my friend, Hon. Rindikiri, has put it, employment in the public sector has been shrinking. Therefore, the Question we need to ask as a House is whether we want to look at public sector employment only because jobs are shrinking. What about the reality of digital space or digitisation? The framers of our Constitution in 2010 never thought about the digital space and the disruptions that COVID-19 came up with. As a Committee, we have made recommendations to amend the National Cohesion and Integration Act so that the realities of the circumstances under which we operate are aligned with the current realities in the job space. It is true there is a requirement that we advertise all jobs online. While it is good in creating transparency, it is also disenfranchising many Kenyans who cannot access the internet."
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"content": "Currently, we require every Kenyan to register themselves in the Social Health Authority (SHA) system, which includes being sent a short code. The problems that people have faced are to bring to the fore the challenges of accessing opportunities online. We have encouraged Government agencies to consider using local media and constituency offices of Members of Parliament in advertising vacancies so that they can reach the people everywhere across the country."
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"content": "Another challenge is the 5 per cent reservation for all public appointments to persons living with disabilities. Yet, looking at the state of the education institutions for persons living with disability, we should all be ashamed. We have not developed any new institutions. The 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": "old ones are all dilapidated and in shambles. The teachers and instructors for those institutions are demotivated and demoralised. The institutions are not equipped. How can those people access employment opportunities and yet, they cannot access education opportunities in this country? I ask us to use this Report to open our eyes as Parliament. Let us support the recommendations in the Report on developing educational institutions for persons living with disabilities and better equipping them. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the Report of the Committee."
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"content": " Hon. Kakai Bisau, you cannot inform a Member who has ended their contribution. I wish you intervened before he confirmed he had finished making his contribution. Secondly, you can also not inform him when he does not agree to be informed. He cannot agree because he has ended his contribution. Hon. Ambassador Francis Sigei."
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