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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Lang’at",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I join my colleagues in speaking to this issue of counties failing to pay employees on time. The worst part of it is failure to remit the statutory deductions that they have already deducted from their workers. Sometimes it is reflected on their pay slips that they have been deducted but this has not been remitted to the various respective institutions. This has become a notorious act by several counties and even other institutions. I remember when I was the Chairperson of the Committee on Education; the same problem was brought from about seven universities, including Moi University, where I was. The employees were complaining that some of them have become blacklisted by various financial institutions such that they could not even apply for loans. This is punishing the employees of various counties and it should be taken very seriously. If there are counties that have deducted money from their employees, it is reflecting in their pay slips, and they have failed to surrender it to various institutions, this is a crime. I would like to call upon the Committee on Labor and Social Services to take this issue very seriously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even a list of shame should be put in place that all those counties that have failed to remit these particular finances be blacklisted and put into the newspapers and even brought here to explain the reason behind their heinous acts. I support this Statement and urge that the Committee on Labor and Social Services takes it seriously as a matter of urgency so that we may address this problem. Thank you."
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