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    "id": 235911,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/235911/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Leshore",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 349,
        "legal_name": "Sammy Prisa Leshore",
        "slug": "sammy-leshore"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there were deplorable labour relations in Kiambu Mwitumberia Estates in Maragua Constituency up to May, 2005 when the old Board of Directors was voted out of office and a new one took over. (b) When my Ministry intervened, staff quarters which were found to be unfit for human occupation were demolished. The coffee pickers, who in the past used the houses, now operate from their homes. They are not company employees. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after the employees lodged their complaints at the labour office, several meetings were held between the parties, and an agreement was reached to the effect that the company pays 14 of those employees a total amount of Kshs103,321. To date, a total amount of Kshs107,511 has been paid to the workers. (c) The unpaid balance of Kshs12,810 will be paid to the employees before 31st December, 2006. Concerning the complaints about the low salaries, I have established that nobody at the farm earns less than Kshs120 per day, whereas the statutory minimum is currently Kshs106.45 per day."
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