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    "id": 28004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munyes",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Employment and Labour Relations Court be now read a Second Time. This is an important Bill whose tabling before this House has been awaited by the Government, workers, employers, the public and International Labour Organization (ILO), which works closely with workers and employers. The Employment and Labour Relations Court Bill is one of the courts that have been established under Article 162(2) of the Constitution with the same status as the High Court. The elevation of the Industrial Court to the status of the High Court has been a major concern to the Government, employers and workers for many years. The existing court is a department within the Ministry of Labour but it is under-funded year after year. Hence, there is hindrance to expeditious dispensation of justice. It is against this background that my Permanent Secretary constituted a technical committee to align and establish the Industrial Court as per Article 162 (2) of the new Constitution. The review exercise was a collaboration effort of social partners; namely, the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), Federation of Kenyan Employers and the Government. With technical advice from the Attorney-General’s Office, the Ministry of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, the Kenya Law Reforms, the Law Society of Kenya and the Constitutional Implementation Committee. The Committee examined the existing Part 111 of the Labour Institution Act, No.2007 and the laws of countries like Nigeria, South Africa and Norway, among others, before embarking on drafting."
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