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    "id": 1061113,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wilson Sossion",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker justice delayed is justice denied. We are in the month of March 2021 and we are talking about the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) that were negotiated in 2017 that come to the end in the month of June. We cannot be engaged in these altercations for the entire period of four years. Hon. Speaker, looking at the answers from the Cabinet Secretary, which we have shared with the various constituencies, they are very unsatisfactory. It only leads to killing of trade unions. One of the questions in offloading of membership, looking at various unions in this country, membership has been offloaded deliberately from UASU, Local Government Workers Union and UKCS from 70,000 to 30,000. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) from 200,000 to 17,000, Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) to zero, Kenya National Union of Nurses to zero, Clinical Officers Union to zero. There are deeper and grave issues that need to be answered by the CS. It is not an option and it is not a choice when it comes to gazettement of agency fee. Further, there are court orders compelling the CS to gazette. One of them that I have here is dated 23rd January, 2019 with respect to KNUT. It is an order of the court and it has not been appealed against by the CS. So, this is another frivolous and contemptuous response from the CS who is presiding, on behalf of the Government, in the killing of trade unions in this country. Hon. Speaker, trade unions are essential for the growth of our economy and, of course, strengthening of good governance in this country. When a CS deliberately presides, on behalf of Government, in killing of unions, it should worry us. Hon. Speaker, I reject these answers. They are unsatisfactory and, probably, this is a CS who deserves to be impeached. This is because, when you violate the law, there is no other option. I would suggest the same CS is made to urgently appear before the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare and explain in details and answers these questions afresh. That is because once there is a court order and the CS has not appealed against..."
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