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"speaker_name": "Dr. Kulundu",
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"content": " Thank you very, much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all hon. Members for their comments and useful debate. Their criticisms have been constructive and we will take them in that light. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I should take this opportunity to thank hon--- I do not know if it is parliamentary or not, but I would like to take this opportunity to thank hon. Muturi for his insight into this Bill. As he was speaking today and yesterday, I was wondering whether we should not have recruited him as part of the draft team, because he seems to have a special talent in grasping the issues in the two Bills. So, I take this opportunity to single out hon. Muturi for special mention. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take note of concerns raised and proposed by the hon. Members and assure the House of my commitment to examine the issues brought forward very carefully and to use the same to enrich this Bill. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, observations made by the hon. Members which are intended to enrich and realign positions of the proposed Labour Relations Act, hopefully, are noted with appreciation. Special note is taken on hon. Members' observation on final awards and the National Labour Council, and the institutions to which the Act or the Bill should apply. We must admit here that we made a mistake from the beginning. I think a gentleman should admit when mistakes have been made. When these two Bills were tabled, I and the senior officers in my office were in Addis Ababa attending the International Labour Organization (ILO) meeting. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we intended to present these five Bills at once, if possible, because they are interrelated. You will realize that the hon. Members' comments today coincided with what they said yesterday because these Bills are interrelated. The establishment of the Labour Advisory Board, for example, is something that is in the next Bill, which we shall discuss next week. So, I beg for the indulgence of the House that, whereas it looks haphazard, it will become clearer when all the Bills are examined together in the Committee Stage. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that hon. Members laid emphasis and recognition of the role of social partners in industrial relations. The role of social partners is not a theoretical one. We, in Kenya, attach a lot of importance to the role of social partners. Indeed, they have been at the centre of solving various disputes. Hon. Members will agree that, of course, although the economy has not generated a lot of jobs, the existing jobs have been protected from unnecessary strikes. It is through using social partners that we have been able to achieve a relatively tranquil atmosphere. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to take Mr. Oloo-Aringo's time---"
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