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    "id": 849047,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Pursuant to Standing Order No.51(1)(a), I rise to issue a Statement as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding some of the issues that arose during the county visit to Mombasa County, Kwale County and Kilifi County from 28th October, 2018 to 2nd November, 2018. Mr. Speaker, Sir, during the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare county visit to Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi counties, a number of issues of concern were raised by the county governments‘ workers unions. We met county assemblies, County Executive Committee (CEC) Members as well as the Governor of Mombasa County. While a comprehensive report is being done by the Committee, there are certain issues that need to come to the attention of the Senate urgently. These are- (1) Non-recognition of trade unions; (2) uncertainty on the county governments‘ employees retirement pension scheme; (3) Different categories of county employees- a) defunct county council‘s employees; b) employees seconded from the national Government to counties; c) employees employed by the county governments from 2013; d) high numbers of casual workers, which brings a lot of confusion in dealing with the staff in the counties; e) non-payment of statutory deductions such as Pay As You Earn (PAYE), National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), National Social Security Fund (NSSF); and, (4) Unavailability of specialised personnel such as architects, quantity surveyors, engineers, doctors in the counties."
}