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    "id": 1194469,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " My apologies, Hon. Speaker. I was upstairs in the Committee elections. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: That, This House adopts Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2021 on the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights laid on the Table of the House on the 21st September 2021. Hon. Speaker, Kenya is one of the only two African countries that have developed a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. This is a comprehensive policy document for the protection against human rights violations by businesses both private and also those that are State-owned or those in the public sector. The National Action Plan on businesses and Human rights seeks to domesticate the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). These UNGPs are the global standards for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse impacts on human rights linked to business activity. They were unanimously adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011. The global discourse on the importance of responsible business conduct has been rapidly growing in the last decade due to investor interest, consumer pressure and regulatory demands. More businesses have been adopting human rights policies and conducting human rights due diligence as required by the UNGPs. This process requires businesses to identify, prevent and mitigate adverse impacts on people and the environment thereby helping them manage potential and actual risks. In recent years, Kenya has seen a significant increase in foreign investment and remarkable growth in the domestic and private sectors. While those trends support sustainable development, they may also adversely affect workers’ rights, communities and the environment. Adverse effects from business activities range from community displacements, child labour, environmental degradation and detestable working conditions. Members will attest to this. Indeed, as our country develops and more investors come into the country, there are cases where investors both in the private and public sector disregard the issues of human rights. For instance, when we are constructing roads, you will see people being displaced from their places of businesses and their homes without due compensation and without regard to their human rights. This policy document speaks to that. Hon. Speaker, the National Action Plan has four key objectives; mainly to guide the State in fulfilling its duty to protect individuals and communities from business-related human The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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