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    "id": 1524058,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1524058/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to chime into the report that I find very comprehensive. As you may know, the EPZs anywhere in the world, particularly in Kenya, employ mostly semi-skilled and unskilled labourers. The skilled workers partake and share in the retail price of goods and services that come from EPZs. This is not an available option for semi-skilled and unskilled workers. This is predominantly because these kinds of workers do not partake in what we call a salary. They will take their benefit of compensation from what would entail wages. Therefore, it is very difficult for them to get the fair share price or an equivalent price on the retail price of the final goods and services that we produce. Number two, the biggest benefit the semi-skilled and unskilled workers get is any related challenges that might come predominantly to health conditions given the working environment they get. This is a fundamental reason this Motion was moved in the first place. That we can look at the issues for this group of workers in our country. Ashton Mombasa Apparel EPZ, for instance, is among the largest employers in the EPZ that are providing jobs for thousands of people. However, the working conditions in these areas are indeed wanting. I know there is an argument that could come up even in the sum of the thoughts of this report that the wages at the EPZs are within the national minimum bracket. Should the EPZs be comfortable with giving minimum wages that we have in this country or The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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