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    "id": 1163989,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "On 10th June, 2008, the International Labor Organization (ILO) unanimously adopted its Declaration on social justice for a fair globalization. This is the third major statement of principles and policies adopted by the International Labour Conference since the ILO’s Constitution of 1919. It builds on the Philadelphia Declaration of 1944 and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998, even as it expresses the contemporary vision of the ILO’s mandate in the era of globalization. Martin Luther King Junior once stated: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” As we celebrate this day, I urge everyone in the society to take up the responsibility of being just and fair in all its endeavours. Frederick Douglass stated: “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” In India and other developing countries, millions work in informal jobs with little security and stability. Research suggests that workers crave the benefits that a stable job provides and would even be willing to forgo higher wages to ensure a formal job. All people across the globe ought to have their socioeconomic rights despite their gender, race, ethnicity, religion or physical being. As the world commemorates this day, it is important to be alive to the reality that more than 60 per cent of the worlds employed population, consisting of two billion women, men and youth, earn their livelihood in the informal economy. Informal workers often lack any form of social protection and are twice as likely to be poor as compared to formal workers. Most enter the informal economy not by choice, but due to lack of opportunities. Without concerted action to encourage a transition to formal employment, social justice will not be achieved. Madam Temporary Speaker, the principles of justice that we must all embrace include equity, access, participation and rights, which are all interrelated in ensuring a fair and just society. I call upon both levels of Governments to ensure that they exercise the four principles of social justice in their leadership and governance in order to deliver services to Kenyans effectively, efficiently and impartially. Madam Temporary Speaker, Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya clearly states the socioeconomic rights. All people in Kenya have a right to access clean water, high standards of health, quality education, social security, among other rights."
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