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    "id": 1022389,
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    "content": "THAT, in violation of the worker’s right to join and participate in activities of trade unions, the company has been frustrating union officials and workers who join unions and terminating their employment for joining and participating in trade union activities; THAT, the company has illegally and un-procedurally terminated services of about 800 contract and casual workers in spite of having served the company for many years without following the due process of the law or respecting the rights of employees; THAT, the affected workers who have been renewing their contracts annually have suffered loss of benefits, disruption of livelihoods and are unable to service bank and co-operative loans guaranteed by the company whose repayment period is up to six year terms; THAT, further, the employer has terminated these employees’ services without due respect to the Government directives that employees should not lose jobs during this Covid-19 period, since this will occasion serious economic consequences on communities and families; THAT, further, the company has gone ahead to outsource and engage over 200 foreign and non-local employees to perform simple jobs that are ordinarily expected to be performed by local residents; THAT, the company has been violating the law relating to employment of foreign employees because most of those working in the company allegedly do not have genuine work permits but are, instead, hiding under the KUSHWAHA contractors as they take over jobs from citizens; THAT, engagement of foreigners has further escalated racial discrimination between Africans and Asians doing the same job as foreigners are highly paid and Africans in the same job scale are poorly paid and exploited; THAT, efforts made by the Petitioners to have the management of West Kenya Sugar Company address the plight of employees have been unsuccessful; THAT, the matters raised in this Petition are not pending in any court of law, constitutional or other legal body. THEREFORE, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare: 1) Recommends that the management of West Kenya Sugar Company unreservedly grants to all employees, including union officials, the inalienable right to form, join or participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union as enshrined in Article 41 of the Constitution and as pronounced in court through case Nos.110/2013, 388/2018 and 258/2018; 2) Causes the company to honour and implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) of 2017 for all its employees without any discrimination whatsoever, including payment of salary arrears as from 1st May 2017; 3) Recommends that the Management of West Kenya Sugar Company Limited forthwith"
}