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    "id": 849070,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "I thank him and Members of the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for giving us a report of their county visits. That is what we need to be doing in the other Committees. On the issue of trade unions, there was a time we had nurses‘ strike that lasted long. I think one of the issues was the way they were being handled at the county level. We need to take into account the fact that we have laws, which allow our workers to form trade unions. It is a better way for them to negotiate. So, we need to recognize them at the county level. On employment of casual workers, this is a problem that is in many counties. We have some people said to be casual workers for the last ten years. It is against the law because someone is supposed to be a casual worker for only three months. After that, if they are required, then they should be employed permanently or on contract basis. That way, they will get more benefits than when they are casual workers. We need to be sensitive to the plight of our people considering the large number of unemployed people. Around 30 per cent of youth in this country are unemployed. If we treat them this way, we will be denying them the benefits they get when they work. On the issue of contractual opportunities for women, youth and PWDs, they need to get 30 per cent of the jobs that are available. From our development budget this is about Kshs300 billion. There must be some way of making sure the right people get the jobs. In terms of registration, anybody can register as long as they are women, youth or PWDs. However, those people need to be the greatest beneficiaries and that is why that category is identified."
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