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    "id": 1085018,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Dullo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13125,
        "legal_name": "Dullo Fatuma Adan",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as my colleague has said, there is a big problem as far as our people are concerned in the areas of employment. Individuals, companies and county governments do not follow procedures. If people are laid off un-procedurally, the relevant institutions should look into it and make sure that Kenyans get their rights. A person’s employment cannot be terminated without notice after working for an organization for years. I have a similar situation from my county before the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare where Ewaso Nyiro North Development Authority (ENNDA) laid off more than 56 people. They reinstated 41 and refused to reinstate eight of them. This is a Government institution yet it laid off workers un-procedurally. Some institutions employ members of staff as casuals. The law says that casuals should be employed for a three-month contract. However, people are employed in Government institutions as casuals for 10 to 15 years and then one day they are laid off which is illegal. There is a strike by casual workers in my county because they have not been paid for nine months. The governor appeared before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) and we told him to hire those employees on contract. They had put the employees under a contractor who is being paid Kshs18 million. Out of that, he is paying them Kshs7,000 which is immoral. Something needs to be done in as far as casuals employees are concerned. Many counties have thousands of casuals whose welfare is not taken of. The counties do not adhere to the ceiling set by the national Government on remuneration of 35 per cent. Something needs to be done. The relevant Committee should investigate this matter and ensure that the casuals are either procedurally terminated from employment or if there is violation of the legislations that are available. This House needs to crack the whip on the counties that hire casual staff day in day out. Every governor who takes office, comes in with his group of employees. The employment of casual staff is nonstop. The casual staff are consuming a lot of budget yet most of them are not doing relevant things. The County Assembly of Tana River appeared before the CPAIC of the Senate where I sit last week. We learnt that they have passed their celling. Many of the employees that they have are casual workers who are even unable to deliver on the mandate of the assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, something needs to be done because we must stop the shenanigans where counties hire casual staff nonstop without adhering to legislations that are available. Sen. Faki, pongezi, I support you."
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