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    "id": 1381007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangema, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kihungi",
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    "content": "about to achieve the 10th employee and then he falls into this trap, which he cannot contact his workers when they have left the office, he will ensure that he does not hire the 10th employee. Therefore, it discourages employers from employing more than ten employees. BETA requires that we legislate laws that create employment and encourage employers to employ more workers. Employers with ten employees should be encouraged to hire the 11th one. Therefore, the Committee observed that the Bill discourages employers who have more than ten employees. There is no scientific calculation or something tangible that explains ten employees. Anyone can go to court to challenge why the sponsor of the Bill did not consider employers who have two, five, or eight employees but only targeted those with more than 10. It creates the impression that even the Mover of the Bill is trying to avoid falling into that gap. He might have looked at his institution and decided to pick a number that is outside that bracket. This is because there is no scientific explanation. We asked the Mover why he did not think about two, three, or five employees but went for 10. He must have vested interests, whereby he does not want to fall into that gap. Therefore, we agreed that the Bill does not encourage employment. As a Committee, we agreed that employment is a civil relationship. It should not be given a criminal liability. An employer should not have management issues at the workplace. Employers should not be declared criminals by contacting their employees. The sponsor of the Bill states that if an employer contacts an employee after working hours, he is liable for a fine of Ksh500,000 or imprisonment of one year. That area is highly biased. As a Committee, we rejected this Bill. We request that the Senate be a bit careful when considering some of these Bills. We wonder whether this Bill was discussed at length in the Senate. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second the Bill."
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