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"speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry of Energy in Naivasha has not consistently and persistently locked out local residents out of recruitment of basic manual jobs in all its operations and affiliates. I have attached a list of the local residents and the others in the manual jobs at Olkaria, Naivasha. (b) The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has 411 regular employees out of which 66 are from Naivasha and are registered voters in the constituency. The rest of the workers are from different parts of the country. Currently, the Government of Kenya is financing through the GDC, the drilling of geothermal wells at Olkaria in Naivasha Constituency through a contract being executed by Great Wall Drilling Company of China. KenGen, on the other hand, is giving logistical support to the contractor and, therefore, does not employ any manual workers in Naivasha. The Great Wall Drilling Company has visiting consultant engineers for specific assignments for short periods. The main contractor, the Great Wall Drilling Company of China employs workers through labor contracts for manual work and has employed 160 local manual workers, out of which 102 are from Naivasha Constituency and reside in Town and Site and Service Estate, Kabati, Council Estate, Lakeview, Kihoto and Karagita. As for the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), it does not employ manual workers in Naivasha since they do not have regular manual work in the region. (c) From the above analysis, there appears to be no discrimination against Naivasha Constituency residents. To emphasize this, the Employment Act, 2007, is very clear on discrimination in employment. Section 5 (2) states:- `âAn employer shall promote equal opportunity in employment and strive to eliminate discrimination in any employment policy or practice.â"
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