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    "id": 1083809,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083809/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laisamis, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Marselino Arbelle",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Marselino Malimo Arbelle",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Motion on the Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the Petition regarding the deplorable working conditions of workers at Kwale International Sugar Company Limited. Indeed, allegations can be cooked against any company or investor stating different aspects that are happening within that company. We must, indeed, also safeguard the interests of the investors who happen to bring their money into the country without allowing them to violate the laws of the country. Kenyans at large are known to be very hardworking people. In fact, at some point, Kenyans have been attributed to a walking nation although they are also a working nation. They are walking because they do not have money in their pockets. Many Kenyans who are out there and working in the informal sector earn meagre salaries. Therefore, they are forced to walk from their areas of residence to their respective places of work in order to make ends meet. Although that investor has employed quite a number of Kenyans, the same employees have been denied their hard-earned money amounting to a total of Kshs3.69 million arrears. They have not been paid those arrears to-date. This is despite the fact that the matter had been taken to court and the court had given a verdict to the effect that the payment should be made. The Report of the Committee states that the money has not been paid despite the legal notice issued by the court. We have, within the country, other sugar companies like Nzoia Sugar Company, Mumias Sugar Company and SONY Sugar Company which are performing dismally because of mismanagement. A lot of sugar-cane is being grown in that part of the country, but the companies are performing poorly to an extent that they are being put under receivership. When a company goes down, what happens to the employees working there? I am sure that we will get a lot of that information regarding companies milling sugar when the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare visits that part of the country. 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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