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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Planning and National Development",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said as much. When you appoint the secretary to the board at the equivalence of the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, I think, the Minister needs to reconsider it seriously. I expect a board that is managed by a very competent person; a person who is very knowledgeable in labour matters. He should be a person who is supposed to be briefing the board every two months on the economic state of the nation. This particular person will need to be properly remunerated so that he should really be, at the very minimum, in my view, almost at the level of the Permanent Secretary. However, the service may be at the level of the Labour Commissioner himself. You basically need an equivalent. You need somebody strong enough. As I conclude because I want to agree with the mood of the House, this is a straightforward matter that we need to conclude in good time, I do not see the provision in this, of a very important committee, even within the Department of Industrial Relations. This is the Manpower Development Committee of Labour. I am, as part of my duties in the Ministry of Planning and National Development, looking into how you can get a committee that is fully representative from the universities and labour relations. This is a regional project! Kenya has had an opportunity to have a vibrant committee, led by a very competent officer who makes us proud in international meetings. However, this committee has died a natural death. We have been trying to revive it across the Ministries so that, that committee, under the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource 1464 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 17, 2007 Development, can play the role that it is supposed to play. I urge the Minister, in his quest to make sure that the labour relations are--- That committee needs to be reflected in this particular board as an institution of labour. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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