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    "content": "(NSSF) and Pay As You Earn (PAYE). Accounting officers should know that they will be held personally culpable if they do not remit statutory deductions. Yesterday, we met with the CS in charge of Water and Sanitation, the Water Services Regulatory Board (WASREB) and the County Executive Committee (CEC) members in charge of Water in Kajiado, Makueni and Machakos counties. I am sure Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve will attest to this. After the meeting, we have seen light. I am sure the people of those counties will start getting water. They are only getting 26 per cent of revenue water in Kajiado, Machakos and Makueni counties and we hope there will be an increase. We will follow it up and table a table a report soon. Sen. Mwaura brought a Petition on behalf of job applicants in Kenya on clearance required by the public bodies and Public Service Board on application for jobs in Kenya. We have engaged the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). It is immoral for us to tell job seekers to pay money to get certificates from the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) because they do not have loans, pay money to get clearance by the HELB or pay money to get a report by the DCI because they have not committed crimes. Why do we punish them for having complied with the law? The fourth Petition was presented by Sen. Seneta on behalf of Kajiado residents on the non-recruitment of locals by flower firms, institutions and other companies. This came before our Standing Orders were changed. Such issues should be addressed in a county-wide manner. That was a Petition by residents of Kaputei Ward in Kajiado County and it was restricted to that ward. However, we found a way of dealing with it and we will bring a report because no Member here legislates or represents in vain. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are currently following up on the implementation of three Senate resolutions on registration of PwDs, payment of honorarium and pension to former councilors and commendation of Eliud Kipchoge for breaking the World Marathon Record. We took note of sentiments by Senators as we eulogized the late Kenyan golden soccer boy, Joe Kadenge. We must change the name of one of our national or international stadiums, preferably Nyayo National Stadium, to the Joe Kadenge International Stadium. If we do not succeed, then we will go for the City Stadium. We must remember, commemorate and immortalize the hero of Kenyan football. The Committee will be focusing on the following activities in the next quarter: For the first time, we plan to have a National Labour Summit. We have a lot of labour challenges in the country. A day can hardly pass without hearing about strikes by the medical practitioners. For example, we have heard about issues in Kirinyaga and Laikipia. We have three categories of staff in every county. There are those who used to be in the defunct local authorities, those who were seconded by the national Government and those who were employed by the governors. When every governor takes office, they bring their staff. All these categories have different skills and job descriptions but do the same thing. It is like there is no law in the land. 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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