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    "id": 1024861,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1024861/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I stand to present a Petition to the Senate concerning non-payment of support staff salaries in contract with Nandi County Government. “We, the people undersigned, as citizens of the Republic of Kenya and support staff in Nandi County, draw the attention of the Senate to the following- (i) That in October, 2019, the County Government of Nandi advertised job positions for support staff to Job Group B and Cleaner II, Job Group B. (ii) That in October, 2019, the County Government through the County Public Service Board issued letters to recruit staff who were to report to work on 1st November, 2019, for a contract of three years. (iii) That the duties of the staff were mainly security services, messenger services, cleaning duties and other assigned duties by their respective supervisors. (iv) That most of the staff were deployed to health department as cleaners and they have been working different county hospitals without pay despite several efforts of seeking assistance. (v) That despite having recruited and deployed the staff to various hospitals in Nandi county, they have never been paid their salaries and allowances for the last eight months since November, 2019, up to now. (vi) That the staff are languishing in poverty despite having secured a job at the county, most of them health department who are the frontline working in the fight of COVID-19 pandemic. (vii) That despite several attempts to seek the matter to be addressed by the County Public Service Board with the Chief Executive Officer of Health, nothing has been done. Instead, staff are intimidated and blackmailed for seeking their wages. THAT WHEREOF, your humble petitioners pray that the Senate investigates this matter and makes appropriate recommendation thereon with a view to- (1) Conducting investigations into the plight of recruited support staff, who were issued with official appointment letters in the months of October and"
}