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    "id": 1339742,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1339742/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Petition by Mr. Roberts Wekesa raises very serious issues against TSC on unlawful deductions of their money to fund a Union which they claim they are not members. This is very important because deductions by TSC can only be through a check-off system that individual members have signed for. It cannot be because of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) among TSC, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the third Union. The TSC is authorising teachers who are not union members to join it by force. Joining trade unions is an individual choice. Therefore, if there is any element of coercion or forceful entry into unions, that should be frowned upon. This is a Petition that should be looked into very seriously because our teachers are complaining. Mr. Benard Mokaya’s Petition is on domestic credit. We have always had a problem with domestic money lenders. As we say, those are unscrupulous money lenders who deceive impecunious borrowers. They have to go to those shylocks to get money for their immediate needs. We may require a law to regulate this. Whether credit professionals exist, this must be studied. It is also a Petition that must be looked into quickly because shylocks continue to get money from impecunious borrowers at exorbitant interest rates. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The petitions are timely."
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