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"speaker_name": "Dr. Kulundu",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Occupational Safety and Health Bill be now read a Second Time. This Bill makes provision for the safety and health of people who are legally at the place of 1496 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 22, 2007 work, or who are within its vicinity, besides regular employers of that workplace. The principal object of this Bill is to repeal and replace the Factories and Other Places of Work Act, Cap.514. The Bill makes provision for the safety and health of workers in all workplaces in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Part I of the Bill provides for preliminary matters. It extends the application of the Bill to every workplace, including offices, institutions of learning, factories and plantations. It also establishes codes of practice for the youth at work places. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Part II of the Bill specifies the general obligations placed on employers, employees, self-employed persons, designers and suppliers, in order to achieve a safe workplace. Part III contains the administrative aspects of the Bill. It establishes the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, which will replace the National Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. The Council will advise the Minister on occupational health- related deaths and injuries. Part IV sets out the powers and duties of enforcement. It provides for workplace safety advisers, who will carry out safety and health audit of a workplace. Part V empowers the Minister to exempt some classes of workplaces from registration, where it is specified that adequate arrangements are in place to protect employees. Part VI sets out the obligations on the occupier of a workplace to plan and arrange the production processes, to ensure that the workplace is not crowded. Part VII provides for the safe use of machinery. Part VIII provides for evacuation procedures, in the event of an emergency in the workplace. Part IX deals with safe handling, storage and use of chemicals in the workplace. Part X makes provision for basic welfare facilities at a workplace. Part XI requires an employer to issue a permit for work in hazardous work processes, such as the repair of electrical energy installation, work in confined places, maintenance and repair of steam boilers. Part XII provides for safety measures in building, which are put up at separate workplaces, safety in dock works, hoists or lifts and platforms erected over water. Part XIII provides for penalties and legal proceedings against offences. Part XIV empowers the Minister to make rules and regulations. It also establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Fund. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the benefits of Occupational Safety and Health Bill are as follows: It replaces the current Factories and Other Places of Work Act, Cap.514. It also makes provision to secure the safety and health of workers in all work places in Kenya. The Bill provides safety and health coverage to persons who are legally at a place of work, or within its vicinity, besides the regular employees. The Bill also provides measures to ensure that workplace accidents and occupational diseases are minimised. It defines the roles---"
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