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    "id": 28021,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank the Minister for bringing this very important piece of legislation before this House. I want to remember and thank members of the Central Organization of Trade Union led by their secretary Atwoli for the fight they demonstrated when they were persuading Kenyans to pass the new Constitution. All hon. Members will remember that they were on the forefront. I also want to acknowledge the fact that if we get this law right, this is the real returns that all the workers who voted for the new Constitution will be getting immediately from promulgation of the new Constitution. I want to remember that we have gallant sons who served in this House including J.J. Mugalla and Juma Boy who were themselves trade unionists. Probably, if they were in this House now like Mr. Michuki, they would be supporting this particular Bill. Having said that, I want to put it to the Minister that I have made quite a number of proposals for amendments and I have deposited them with the Committee. I have also deposited them with his Assistant Minister and senior officials in the Ministry. I hope that all those proposals will be brought on board. Just to highlight one or two things about my proposals, I have found that in this Bill just like my colleague has said, we are attempting to give it a very lengthy name for nothing and yet this Bill is referring to a tradition that we have had in this country for many years. In this country, we call our courts the industrial courts. We do not see why we should disregard it when, in fact, the reason why we call these courts industrial courts is because in Kenya, trade unions are established on industrial basis unlike elsewhere in the world. This is why you have Hotels and Allied Workers Union and so forth unlike"
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