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    "id": 791864,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/791864/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bowen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2256,
        "legal_name": "David Kangongo Bowen",
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    "content": "I, the undersigned, on behalf of members of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the members of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Section 49 of the Labour Relations Act, 2007 provides for deduction of agency fees from unionisable employees covered by collective agreements; THAT, in October 2016, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2017-2021; THAT, the said CBA provided that teachers who are not affiliated to KNUT or KUPPET would pay a monthly fee referred to as agency fees to enable them enjoy the new salary deal and other benefits effected by the TSC from July 2016; THAT, a copy of the CBA 2017-2021 was deposited in the Industrial Court which clearly stated that KNUT and KUPPET would draw agency fees from teachers who were not members of KNUT or KUPPET; THAT, the Teachers Service Commission has failed to deduct the said agency fees as required by the said CBA; THAT, efforts to resolve the matter have been futile; THAT, the issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body; Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare: (i) inquires into the matter; (ii) causes the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to gazette agency fee to effect the deductions from non-union teachers who are already benefiting from the CBA; and, (iii)makes any other order or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the matter. And your petitioners will forever pray."
}