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    "content": "Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.220 (1) (a) and 224(2) (b), I hereby report to the Senate that a Petition has been submitted through the Clerk by the UASU regarding a CBA between the UASU and the Inter-Public Universities Council Consultative Forum (IPUCCF). As you are aware, Article 119(1) of the Constitution states:- “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including to enact, amend or repeal any legislation.” The salient issues raised in the said Petition are as follows:- (a) That on 13th March, 2017, the IPUCCF and UASU signed a CBA for the academic staff in public universities for the period 2013/2017 bringing to an end a period of industrial unrest in the Kenyan public universities. (b) That as required by law, the CBA was subsequently registered with the Employment and Labour Relations Court. (c) That following the agreement, the National Treasury availed a sum of Kshs10 billion through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology towards funding the implementation of the CBA, including payment of arrears backdated to 2013. (d) That despite this, only three of the 31 public universities are implementing the CBA while the rest of the public universities continue to pay academic staff salaries and allowances at the rate of the previous 2010/2013 CBA. (e) That, additionally, most public universities habitually fail to remit statutory deductions such as income tax, pension contributions, National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) despite the same being deducted from respective employee’s income and; (f) That the foregoing factors have led to low retention and massive brain drain of academic staff to foreign countries or other sectors which is detrimental to the higher education sector in the country. The Petitioners therefore, pray that the Senate investigate this matter and makes appropriate recommendations thereon. Among the proposals made by the Petitioners are:- i) That the Senate urgently facilitate the appropriations of funds to enable implementation of the 2013/2017 CBA as well as a payment of the employer’s pensions component both under the 2010/2013 and the 2013/2017 CBAs. ii) Urgently intervene to have the 2017/2021 CBA for universities academic staff concluded. Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Order No.226, I shall now allow comments, observations or clarifications in relation to the Petition for not more than 30 minutes."
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