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    "id": 1381053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Yesterday, we stalled here for a long time trying to look for ways and means to ensure that valuable parliamentary time is not expended to discuss this Bill. I reject this on three strong grounds. One, the issue of labour relationships in this country is very big and demanding that the issue of contacting an employee after the so-called working hours does not rank anywhere in the order of priority. For a teacher teaching in Mandera, it is not a priority to them that the deputy or the student calls or not. For the workers in Industrial Area, it is not a priority what time they can be contacted by the plant operator or plant manager in an industry. It is not a priority to an unemployed person. This is not a priority in labour relationship. To the underpaid person who is hanging on to the job that he has, this is not a priority. The priority is job security, improved working conditions, better pay and the ability to improve so that they can move to the next level. I would have wished that any amendment to the Employment Act were directed towards that line. But directing us on mundane and unproductive issues is a terrible waste of national resources."
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