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"speaker_title": "Hon. Wanami Wamboka",
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"content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour regarding the status of implementation of the court order on recruitment of officers by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). In June 2023, KRA recruited 1,406 Revenue Service Assistants, with an aim of increasing their workforce to enhance revenue collection efforts. However, in March 2024, the High Court in Nairobi declared the recruitment unconstitutional, citing failure by KRA to uphold diversity and regional balance. The court held that the recruitment was in contravention of the Constitution. Notably, KRA has allegedly retained the said officers against the court order and against the wishes of this House. The KRA was also to institute an ethnic diversity and regional balance policy. It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour on the following: 1. Provision of a status report on the implementation of the court order issued, declaring the recruitment of 1,406 Revenue Service Assistants by KRA unconstitutional. 2. Steps to be taken to reverse the salary processed to the 1,406 recruited officers after the judgement, if any. 3. Status of implementation of the ethnic diversity and regional balance policy. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. May I proceed to say something or do you first pronounce yourself on it?"
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