Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 133917,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/133917/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 396,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bifwoli",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
        "slug": "wakoli-bifwoli"
    },
    "content": "During Labour Day celebrations, the Minister for Labour or even His Excellency the President normally gives Kenyans false hope that the minimum wage for any employee in urban and rural areas will be so much. Employees are paid so little and yet there is no one to inspect the salaries. In Pan Paper Factory and the Industrial Area here, people work under very bad conditions. This Ministry is supposed to go and inspect the circumstances under which employees are working. They are never inspected because the Ministry is under-funded and employers treat employees as if they are not human beings. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is high time that we really cared for this Country and our own people, that we fund the Ministry of Labour so that it employs enough personnel to go and check the employers of this country. In Kenya we talk about being an industrialized country. Surely, if the J ua Kali shades where people are supposed to learn in order to know industrialization are not funded, how are we going to make this country industrialized? Jua Kali artisans are not being educated on how to manufacture items. The Jua Kali sheds have stalled. There is nothing we can say as far as this Ministry is concerned. Finally, I think the amount of money allocated to this Ministry is peanuts compared to the demands on the ground. If we are going to start Industrial Courts in districts and provinces, we need to fund them. They will help us remove the backlog of cases in courts. Cases to do with labour and employment are very different from the normal way I can take you to court if you owe me money. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
}