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    "content": "Sacking them without a proper criterion to show this particular House, with sendoff packages that will see this people live well for a while is suicidal to the lives of these Kenyans. We are in the midst of a pandemic and subjecting these particular Kenyans to such very inhuman practices is not acceptable in a civilized society. Sen. Olekina has said that we really need to know why this particular sackings at this point in time. We must be informed. Why sack these 900 Kenyans at this point in time? What criteria has been used to arrive at these particular individuals? How many people are working in this particular sector and what criteria was used? Could it be that this is a way of laying off this people maybe from other regions, so that others are employed? We must protect these people. This is a department that has a bad record of corruption yet we have not seen robust action by the Government against the „big fish‟ that we have been talking about in this House. The President had pronounced it so clearly that within 21 days, those found culpable would be prosecuted. The 21 days have turned to months and it is getting to years without any proper action being taken on the corrupt fellows. In fact, as Sen. Cherargei said, some were instead promoted. This really demoralizes the morally upright people in this country. We must condemn these things. I am so sure the sacking of this 900 is a scapegoat to cover up the deeds and malpractices that have happened in this sector. This is very inhuman and we should condemn it very seriously. In addition, we want to know the reasons for sacking these people. Secondly, we want to know the sendoff packages that these people will be given so that they may live well thereafter. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are living in a country full of stress. People are under different kinds of pressure and frustrations in this country. Everyday we hear over social media and mainstream media of people committing suicide because they have been living in very difficult circumstances. Therefore, subjecting these 900 people to the same pressure and circumstances is encouraging this awkward behaviour that we are seeing happening in our society."
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