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    "id": 182469,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/182469/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 166,
        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Chairman, Sir, I wish to oppose this particular amendment and draw the attention of the hon. Members to the way Clause 9 is structured as currently in the Bill. The nominating organisations have been structured in part (d); one person jointly nominated by the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT). If you notice, these are the workers clustered together. Then in (g) we have the employers. One person jointly nominated by October 23, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2987 the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE). Therefore, if you delete the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) and substitute it with Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), you are putting the employers twice and deleting the workers. In order to maintain a balance, I want to plead with the hon. Members to leave this clause as it is and my colleague to withdraw the amendment. Look at the sector that is being provided for and not the personalities in it. Workers need a voice and that is why we gave both COTU and the teachers, which are the two organizations representing majority of workers in this country. I beg to oppose and plead with my colleague to withdraw that amendment."
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