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    "id": 220644,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/220644/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kulundu",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Newton Wanjala Kulundu",
        "slug": "newton-kulundu"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, 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 of various actors and stakeholders, and the interface between other law enforcement agents, whose mandate may touch on other workplaces or general environment. The Bill prohibits the employment of children in hazardous workplaces. It protects workers in occupations which previously were not under the jurisdiction of the Factories and Other Places of Work Act. It mainstreams relevant International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions on occupational safety and health. It also promotes safety and health in all workplaces, and encourages entrepreneurs to set achievable safety targets for their enterprises. It promotes reporting of workplace accidents, dangerous occurrences and cases of ill health, with a view to finding out their causes and prevention of similar occurrences in the future. This will reduce the man hours lost due to accidents and cases of ill health. Finally, the Bill promotes education and training in the field of occupational safety and health in order to create a safe workplace culture. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to move and ask the hon. Dr. Wekesa, the Minister for Science and Technology, to second the Bill. Thank you."
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