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    "id": 1162976,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support Sen. Omanga on her intervention on the unremitted statutory deductions. It is not just Nairobi County Government. I think it affects many counties. This should be checked out. But, that having been said, I am aware of a few Government parastatals that report to my Committee, especially the Postal Corporation of Kenya and others, that had this issue. So, I think this issue is really of great concern to our workers. If we have such a high percentage of people not employed, and therefore, do not even have a source of livelihood, but those that are employed are going to be destitutes because, whatever they are supposed to be putting aside is not being remitted to the necessary bodies, then, as a country, we are disadvantaging both--- It does not even matter whether you are employed or not because if you are employed, but your deductions are not being remitted--- If today you go away from work or you would like to go, what do you get? You go without anything. This is unacceptable, unlawful and must be investigated. I hope that the concerned Committee of this House which is--- This House has become the place that citizens run to. Sen. Omanga having brought this here is to make sure that the citizens get their dues and right to be represented. Therefore, I hope that the Committee will get to the bottom of this matter. We should focus on Nairobi, but if possible, it could be expanded to a few other places to just check what the status of statutory deductions for our citizens are. You will be surprised that we are presiding over even a workforce that has nothing to go back to, should their work end today. I do not know what is happening. Is that money going to individual pockets? What is going on? The money has been actually deducted from the pay of the individual; it is not even coming from anywhere else. So, what is happening is really sad. It is even better not to be deducted anything. You take your money and do with it what you can do with it, instead of being deducted, but it into a hole that we do not understand."
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