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    "id": 1381088,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Trans Nzoia County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Lillian Siyoi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to oppose the Bill. I happen to be a member of the Departmental Committee on Labour. As we were going through the Bill, I felt like we had a number of loopholes. One, I feel it is going to promote laziness amongst employees. This is because when I am working and I know that by 5.00 p.m. I am supposed to leave, whether I have completed what I was supposed to do or not, my employer will not call me to ask about any other business until the following day in the morning at 8.00 a.m. when I resume duty. Second, this Bill is going to make our employees rude and employers lose their powers. I am imagining calling an employee to inquire about something and they disconnect the call because it is past their working hours. I feel that will be very rude of the employee. The employers will not stand that and might even cause more loss of jobs. Third, I feel this Bill is going to affect our economy. When I am supposed to work and finish my duties by 7.00 p.m. or maybe by 5.00 p.m. but I fail to go home and continue with the duties the following day that would be laxity at work. I want to give a good example of a driver who is probably supposed to take some goods to a certain place. Something like an accident happens along the way and they are not able to reach their destination as their working hours lapse. The driver stops and expects to be paid as they need to get a place to put up and probably feed. I do not agree with this Bill as I feel like there are some amendments that we need to make before we pass it. Passing it as it is will be jeopardising the powers of our employers."
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