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    "id": 392454,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 447,
        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I stand to propose an amendment to this Motion as follows. THAT, the Motion be amended by inserting the following words immediately after the word “counties” at the end thereof: “and the national Government to either absorb the former employees or pay retirement benefits in the unlikely event that they are not absorbed by the counties.” So that, Madam Temporary Speaker, the Motion as amended now reads:- “THAT, aware that Section 7(2) of the Transition to Devolved Government Act requires the Transition Authority to carry out an audit of the existing human resource of the Government and local authorities and advise on deployment to either level of Government; further aware that Section 57 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act provides that every person who, immediately before the commencement of the Act was an officer, agent or member of staff appointed, seconded or otherwise employed by a local authority shall, on the commencement of the Act be seconded or otherwise deployed as may be provided by law; concerned that failure to absorb bona fide employees of the defunct local authorities will deprive them of their rightful means of livelihood contrary to the spirit of the Bill of Rights as contained in Chapter Four of the Constitution of Kenya and the principles of devolution; the Senate urges the Transition Authority to urgently finalize the audit of employees of the defunct local authorities and put in place the necessary framework for their absorption as employees of the respective counties and the national Government to either absorb the former employees or pay retirement benefits in the unlikely event that they are not absorbed by the counties.” Madam Temporary Speaker, I join my colleagues who previously stood here to thank Sen. Beatrice Elachi for bringing this Motion at this time when there are a lot of employment sprees taking place in our counties. No day passes by without us seeing an advertisement from some county looking for people to go and work in those counties. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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