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    "id": 1270187,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murgor",
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    "content": "the Petition concerning illegal fraud by the First-Choice Recruitment and Consultancy Agency Limited, the Committee has engaged all the shareholders involved. On the Petition concerning unfair terms and conditions of universal health care coverage, staff and delay in the internship posting, the Committee met the Chairperson of labour, Council of Governors (COG) today and will be meeting the Cabinet Secretary for Health on Thursday, 3rd August, 2023. The Petition concerning the unlawful deductions of salaries by the Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA), the Committee met the petitioners and all the shareholders on 18th July, 2023. The Committee is scheduled to meet the shareholders on 1st August, 2023 on the Petition by the County Football Association (CFA) concerning the mismanagement of football in the country by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF). The Committee will be briefed on the Petition concerning discrimination against other health workers in the Ministry of Health on Thursday, 3rd August, 2023, after which it will meet with the petitioners on 8th August. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee has so far received 45 Statements. We have concluded on 15 statements, after we received responses from the various agencies and shared with the relevant Senators. The statements are as listed below: Regarding the Statement sought by Sen. Wambua concerning the plight of Kenyan migrant workers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East, the Committee held a meeting with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection and the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs to apprise itself on the implementation status. The Committee has written to the National Treasury and Economic Planning seeking for a progress report on the Statement sought by Sen. Wambua on the status of payment of the one-off honorarium to former councillors. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Committee has not received responses on the following Statement from the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Arts, despite writing to them several times: (a) Statement by Sen. Cherargei on the recognition of exemplary performance by Kenyan athletes. (b) Statement by Sen Cherargei on management of athletics in the country following poor performance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. (c) Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Murango to launch bottom-up football tournaments in all 47 counties. The Committee resolved to schedule a date and invite the Cabinet Secretary to respond to all the pending Statements. Similarly, the Committee also resolved to schedule a date to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Education to respond to the Statement raised by Sen. Wakili Sigei concerning discrimination of locals in the recent employment at Bomet University College. The Ministry has not responded despite being issued with reminder letters. The Committee is awaiting responses for 26 Statements listed below and will report them accordingly. The Statements are as follows: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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