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    "id": 849511,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/849511/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank Sen. Seneta for bringing up this Petition concerning the plight of the workers at Nol-Turesh Water and Sanitation Company. Unfortunately, Kenyans are struggling to make ends meet. However, when they get a job and those who are supposed to pay them delay their salaries for eight months, I do not know how they expect them to keep themselves going. This is a straight forward case which requires the relevant Committee on Labour and Social Welfare to take it up and make sure that these companies pay their staff and most importantly submit their deductions because this is what they will rely on when they leave the service. Therefore, if a company does not remit the deductions, it jeopardizes the future of the staff and not the current salaries. Of late, water has become a big issue between counties. For example, we have the case of Muranga County and Nairobi County. I hope that there is no problem between Kajiado County and Makueni County. We need to look at water as a trans-county resource so that we sort this problem together. If staff are not paid, then water will not be available and this will affect other Kenyans. I, therefore, urge the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare or any other relevant Committee to make sure that they deal with this matter with all the urgency that it deserves."
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