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    "id": 1130426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "purchaser for value without notice. (7) The claim against the receiver manager (PricewaterhouseCoopers) was dismissed and the ruling was not challenged on appeal. (8) Some employees who previously worked for KUSCO were absorbed into the new company, KUSCO (2006) Limited. Those employed, worked under KUSCO (2006) Limited from around 2007 to 2012 when their contracts were terminated by KUSCO (2006) Limited. Those employed by KUSCO (2006) Limited, did not raise issues of any obligations owed to them by KUSCO (2006) Limited, at the time they executed the contracts of employment in 2007. (9) With the sanction of a special resolution, S.R.M Limited changed its name to Kenya United Steel Company (2006) Limited. The adoption of a name similar to the collapsed business was to retain the market share enjoyed by the collapsed KUSCO business. (10) The former employees of KUSCO sued KUSCO (2006) Limited instead of KUSCO. (11) The applicable labour and company laws to this matter were reviewed in 2007 and 2015 respectively. (12) The sale agreement of 1st December, 2005 was challenged in court and the challenge was rejected. (13) The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources Development in 2009 was the arbitrator in the trade dispute between the Kenya United Steel Company (KUSCO) under receivership and the Kenya Engineering Workers Union (KEWU); with the issues under dispute pertaining to failure by PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PWC) to pay 153 former employees of their four months salaries and gratuity benefits, as per their collective bargaining agreements that had been entered into. (14) The Ministry of Labour noted in 2009 that KEWU failed to register the debts owed by KUSCO together with other debtors like the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) who had by then proceeded to court. (15) The Ministry of Labour had in 2014 recommended that the matter be put to rest. (16) Upon the sale of the assets, KUSCO was declared insolvent and as such, the credit due to KCB could not be 100 percent secured. Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, with the foregoing, taking into consideration the Petitioners‘ prayers to the Senate, the Committee is of the view that the former employees of KUSCO have a constitutional right to petition the Senate to look into their plight, including issues dating back to 2003."
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