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    "id": 1381075,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kwenya Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill from the Senate. From the outset, I join my colleagues in rejecting it. In a special way, I reprimand the Senate House Business Committee for allowing such a matter to be given precedence to be discussed in the Senate and to be forwarded to the National Assembly. These are some of the things that make Parliament look like a joke. I have taken time to interrogate who the author and initiator of this Bill is. From my judgement, it was clear that the initiator is a person who has never worked in any reputable organisation. It could as well be he once had a serious disagreement with his former employers. He came up with such a Bill to limit the working hours for employers in the country. So much has changed and I am perturbed that the author of this Bill is a young person who should be well-versed with the dynamics of the world today. Our economy has changed, and we do not have specific working hours. The world has become a global village and when it is morning here, it is night somewhere else. Before I joined Parliament, I was a serious businessman and my staff used to work between 5 p.m. to morning because that is when we would be in touch with our clients and suppliers. I do not want to say much but I dismiss this kind of thinking. The writing is not even worth the paper it is written on. Therefore, I reject and call upon the Senate House Business Committee to be more serious, and to interrogate the kind of Bills they are passing. This is unconstitutional. As Hon. Chepkonga has said, this issue does not deserve to be in this House. We have better matters to discuss here. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity."
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