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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omondi",
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        "legal_name": "Godliver Nanjira Omondi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to second the amendment on the Motion. For sure, this is a very serious Motion that needs a lot of attention. As a colleague rightfully said, employment is like life. Joking with somebody’s employment is like killing somebody. We need to think on humanitarian grounds. As a leader, a legislator and as a parent, these are our brothers, sisters and, indeed, we need to support their well being. We should not allow the county governments to do away with them. Within the personnel working for the county governments and within the national Government, those who are supposed to be on transition are being swayed around. I want to say that amongst them we have those with disabilities. I normally sit down and ask myself what will happen to such employees. For a person with disability to get employment, it is not an easy job. Even just being accepted in the job market, it is not easy. Once somebody has got that employment and it is taken away, it is quite inhuman. In some cases these jobs are being advertised when somebody is sitting in that office, you ask yourself the moment a new employee will come and take that sit, what will happen to the person who is already occupying that office? We need to appreciate the work these people have been doing and they are still doing. In fact, after the general 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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