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"speaker_name": "Dr. Kulundu",
"speaker_title": "Total Kshs90,000,000 The Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that the Times News Services Limited is not only in the process of taking over the Kenya Times Media Trust Limited, but has already taken over. The proof of this fact is that, in May 2005, ten employees launched a complaint demanding their terminal benefits. The District Labour Officer, while investigating this case, visited the offices of the Kenya Times Media Trust and found out that the name had been changed to Times News Services Limited. This clearly showed change of management. The second proof is that five employees of Kenya Times Media Trust have already been issued with termination letters and have already been paid their terminal benefits. (b) I am not aware that the Kenya Times Media Trust has for the last four months not paid employees their salaries. No employee has reported to my Ministry a case of non-payment of salaries. The only case reported to my Ministry is that of non-payment of terminal benefits. If there are any employees that have not been paid their salary for four months, I request that they report to the District Labour Office at Nyayo House, 16th Floor, for immediate action. (c) My Ministry, through the District Labour Officer, issued a 14-day notice for prosecution to the Managing Director of Times News Service with effect from 5th July, 2006 which was not complied with. My Ministry is in the process of preferring court charges against the company in order to recover the terminal benefits on behalf of the aggrieved employees."
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