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    "id": 614190,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/614190/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2511,
        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, this is a very timely petition. I want to thank Hon. Wangamati for bringing it forth. Whereas the immediate reference might be Webuye Town, the truth of the matter is that the 1,200 people come from far and wide, much beyond the region that is directly affected by virtue of the closure of the factory. I have many people in my constituency who worked at the Pan Paper Mills and who were left high and dry. It is because the factory was closed down in a disorderly manner. It all happened at night. Since the issue of transitioning through privatization may come before the House, it is important that issues to do with compensation of the former employees ought to be sorted out prior to the conclusion of the privatization. We cannot allow owners, who have perhaps drawn all the capital they had put in, to ignore the input of labour for which they were under a contractual obligation to pay. I support this petition strongly because it has a major implication for the region and the many unfortunate Kenyans in other parts of the country who worked at Pan Paper Mills. This is the only facility that employed persons who had various kinds of expertise, for example, forestry, paper processing and so on. This is, indeed, a matter of national concern and it is quite timely."
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