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    "id": 813742,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice. I want to commend the Senator from Kajiado, Sen. Mary Seneta, for this petition. This petition is valid and is coming in handy. We are in a situation where we are talking of job creation in this country. We are saying that jobs are not available. In a situation where a factory has been erected in a community, in all fairness, members of that community need to benefit from that factory. There are some jobs that will need skilled personnel while others can be done by the locals. If the locals do not know how to pluck flowers in the flower farm, then the farm should train the locals so that they can do that job and benefit from the farm. When there is a factory in a local community, there is need to engage the local community in order to get the goodwill of the people. Once you get the goodwill of the community, they will support you in various ways. They will supply the labour and protect your investment. In a situation where a factory is erected in a community and it is providing for that community economically, there is no way that factory can fall. All the residents and the locals will ensure that they support the factory so that it stands. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator has also raised the issue that the factory does not even engage in CSR. It is unfair for a factory to be erected in a community and become insensitive to the needs of the community. There is need for that factory to be engaged in CSR so that even the community knows that the factory is there and that it is supporting and helping them in various ways. There is need in all ways, even for the relevant authorities to take action. The Senator has just mentioned that the locals have complained to the relevant authorities who have decided to turn a deaf ear to their complaints. It is unfortunate that the relevant authorities are not taking action. It is important for this Senate to pursue this petition so that the relevant authorities are accountable and taken to task so that they serve the people of that community. The authorities there are employed to give a service to the community. The Senator has mentioned clearly that when it comes to recruitment, they do not advertise the jobs because they do not want the locals to know. They have their own private arrangements of employing people. This should come to a stop. There is need for the locals in Kajiado to be engaged and know that these jobs are available and they have been advertised so that they can also apply and get shortlisted competitively. They had better apply, get shortlisted and then they fail at the interviews stage. But if they are not given an opportunity even to apply, it is very wrong. We are talking of job creation but if a factory cannot support job creation where it is erected, then it is not serving the people of this nation."
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