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    "id": 1547944,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wycliffe Oparanya",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and MSMEs Development",
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    "content": "The matter was heard and concluded and the High court made a finding that New KCC Ltd was liable to pay KCC Ltd former employees dues. Subsequently, New KCC Ltd filed an appeal against the High Court decision at the court of appeal under Civil Appeal No.191 of 2018. A three (3)-Judge bench on 10/7/2020 held that New KCC Ltd was not liable for the liabilities of KCC Ltd which included the terminal benefits and unpaid Sacco shares of the said claimants. However, notwithstanding the above and the absolving of New KCC Ltd from the said liabilities in accordance with the law, the Appellate Judges implored upon the Attorney General's office verbatim- \"Having said so, however and legalities aside, we hold onto the hope that the Attorney General will find it in her to advise Government to honour its word and pay the 1st respondents who have suffered long.\" In view of the above comment by the Appellant Judges, my Ministry wrote to the Attorney General seeking an advisory on the same. ln a letter dated 3rd October 2024, Ref., no AG/CONF/6/B/18/2, the Attorney General provided an advisory which made several recommendations including- (1)The formation of an inter-ministerial committee consisting of the ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, The Ministry of Cooperatives and MSMEs Development and National Treasury to look into the matter and resolve the issue with finality. (2) The Committee should be tasked to collate, audit, verify, authenticate and validate the claims and recommend whether the same should be settled and to what extent with reasonable timelines. (3) That upon conclusion of its work, the petitioners should be engaged in out of court settlement with a view of finding an amicable solution to the impasse and notification of the outcome be done to the Senate. My Ministry has already written to the National Treasury, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development to nominate suitable officers to implement the Attorney General’s advisory. When the committee is constituted and completes its work, the recommendation thereof will be communicated to the Senate Part (b) of the Question was when can the affected former employees be expected to receive their terminal dues? My response is as follows: The former employees may be paid once the inter-ministerial committee completes its work and recommends payment and National Assembly appropriates the required funds in the National Budget."
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