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    "id": 1083406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bungoma CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Florence Mutua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The second Question by Hon. Abdullswamad was about the issue of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). I beg to skip the background of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) because I am sure most Members know what TSC does. One critical mandate that I will talk about is, as an employer, Article 41 (5) of the Constitution of Kenya bestows the Commission with the right to engage in collective bargaining which is related to the Question. The Question was: Within which specific timelines is the TSC planning to submit its CBA proposal for teachers in order to renew the current CBA that is about to expire? In compliance with Article 234 of the Constitution and the judgement of the Court of Appeal, Civil Appeal No. 196 of 2015, the Commission is bound to seek advisory opinion from the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) before CBA negotiations are commenced. The TSC duly requested for the advisory from SRC on 1st February 2021 and it was on 23rd June 2021 that SRC rendered its advice to the Commission. The Commission will therefore commence negotiations with all the relevant unions in the teaching sector from 29th June 2021 in accordance with the law. I can confirm that the meetings have been taking place at Safari Park Hotel. Hon. Speaker, the second Question was: How many Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) members have either not been promoted or have not received salary increments as per the existing CBA? All KNUT members fully benefitted from the CBA in the first and second phases of the CBA since their benefits were payable within two phases as per the agreement. In terms of promotion, KNUT rejected the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) and sought orders from court to quash the same. The court directed TSC not to apply CPG to KNUT members. As a result, 16,000 KNUT members were affected in the list of the promotions contained in the CPG because of the court case. That is the end of the response for Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir. Hon. Speaker, I have one for Hon. Moses Injendi, Member of Parliament for Malaba Constituency…"
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