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    "id": 849363,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Madzayo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stewart Mwachiru Shadrack Madzayo",
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    "content": "defending an employee. Quite a number of these leaders are suspended, interdicted or dismissed from work. This is also against the International Labour Organization conventions (ILO). We seriously note that the success or failure of any county in this country lies in the workers on the ground. We have many workers in all the counties working in various departments, for example, drivers, farmers, security officers and hospital attendants. It has now become a tradition that many of the counties do not cloth their employees. For example, mortuary attendants attend to naked bodies without any protective clothing to perform their duties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, a happy worker is a productive worker, and, therefore, it is very sad that all workers of the counties are not happy unless they are involved in corruption. Article 41(2) of the Constitution covers the labour relations in details. It states that every worker has a right- (a) to fair remuneration; (b) reasonable working conditions; (c) to form, join and participate in the activities and programmes of a trade union; and, (d) to go on strike. This Article of the Constitution has been violated. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, while I support the Chairperson of the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, we have noted in various Committees that some governors have become law unto themselves particularly in areas where we invite them and they do not turn up. They also punish employees by not giving them proper and fair remuneration. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have noted that there is a serious variance of salaries of employees who used to work in the former county councils and those who have been employed by the county government have not been harmonized. It is important to note that urgent steps must be taken so that those employees do not get unfair treatment from other employees, particularly the ones in the county governments. We also noticed that there are quite a number of casuals who lead to a bloated workforce. Therefore, a lot of money goes to ghost workers. This has become like a wound that cannot be treated. It is important for the governors and all the people involved in the employment of county employees to observe that it is more important to direct funds to development expenditure than to ghost workers and casual employees. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, County Government Workers Union represents all the 47 counties. Unfortunately, when it comes to application of the collective bargaining agreement, the union is required to get 47 collective bargaining agreements. This makes it extremely difficult to have all the 47 counties prepare a collective bargaining agreement for purposes of registering them. I urge the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to find a solution and have one collective bargain agreement that will cover employees‘ rights and remuneration. There should be one for all the 47 counties instead of having 47 collective bargaining agreements governing all the 47 counties. This is because it is time-consuming and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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