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    "id": 1083803,
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    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, KNC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Onyiego",
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        "legal_name": "Silvanus Osoro Onyiego",
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    "content": "The Kwale International Sugar Company Limited (KISCOL), as an investor who came to this country to invest, has had positives in terms of employment of people, providing solutions in the sugar sector and even in exposing the Kwale region. However, Hon. Zuleikha’s Petition opened the other side of KISCOL that most people did not know. Notably, what needs most of the attention of the Members of this House is the status or rather the conditions under which their employees were working within the environment of KISCOL. Even as the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare moved, since they were petitioned in the last Parliament, they equally had their challenges - the dodging, the hide and seek and everything, and people moving from one side to another and not being reachable for report writing and investigations. Even then, there is always a positive. It has been years but, at the end of the day, the Committee came up with a Report and moved it. That is why our Committee moved with speed to make sure that we confirm whether the Report and the recommendations by the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare were implemented. As we moved, just like the Mover has said, I will not really dwell on what has been done. I will dwell on what has not been done. In my opinion, what has not been done is more important. It is actually what brought the Petition to this House - the WIBA and the element of injury. As we recommend that, that Sugar Company implements that element of work injury benefits, we need to remind them that you cannot realize maximum profit or maximum impact if you do not take care of the people who work for you. It is very shocking that only Kshs3.69 million has not been paid in wage arrears. That little amount in all those years, in my opinion, is a delaying tactic. Since this issue started, the company was well aware that they had wage arrears that they ought to have paid. They amount to only Kshs3.69 million. The company records a huge amount of profit in their operations. It is shocking that they have not obeyed the Legal Notice No.91 of 2015. It is shocking. There is also the issue of pending compensation of work-related claims amounting to about Kshs5.4 billion. You can imagine that local person who wakes up very early in the morning to go to work only for him not be paid his compensation upon suffering an injury. It is very important for this company to obey the law and settle those issues. As I second this Motion, I want to air my voice with regard to the threatening of Hon. Zuleikha. Since she brought this Petition to this House, she has been threatened. She has even been The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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