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    "id": 392463,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I do not know when we will stop saying that we are still learning, but every day is a learning day and knowledge is power. In supporting the amendment, I wish to bring to the attention of the House that currently the national Government is paying the salaries of the former employees of the local authorities wherever they have been deployed or attached. I would also like to urge the national Government to continue doing so. They should not leave those employees half stuck in the mud. This is an exercise that the national Government should continue performing. They should put aside a clear budget allocation which shall ensure that salaries are available before they are settled in their new jobs. They should also ensure that at the time they are being retrenched and paid their benefits, there should be no excuse from the national Government that there is no money. They knew that we had a new Constitution and they envisaged such a scenario. So, they should cater for the needs of those Kenyans. We do not want a situation where we are going to lose young and very able employees who can still perform and develop the nation. We do not want to see them dying in shock or going back to their villages and within one year, we find the obituary pages in our daily newspapers are full as a result of this. Madam Temporary Speaker, as much as it looks like everything is being rushed, I keep on asking myself where all these people who were supposed to cater for these things were. This should have been done in a better way. All stakeholders should have been involved. Before the county governments advertised these jobs, they should have come together with the stakeholders to find ways of absorbing them in whatever positions that had been created. They needed to put in place proper systems to deal with corruption and any other shortfalls that could occur. It is not necessarily true that the new designations that are going to be created will benefit the society. Probably, even the present working system will work better for the society to improve not only their welfare, but also the economy of the country. By the end of the day, a very satisfied employee is productive to the economy. We should all get out of the poverty level. 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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