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    "id": 929157,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/929157/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mwaruma",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13223,
        "legal_name": "Johnes Mwashushe Mwaruma",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, when you are employed and your contract ends, it then becomes very difficult to get another job. So, you are not assured of your future. Secondly, the Government uses a lot money in training the people who work for it. It is, therefore, irrational for the Government to use a lot of money to train staff and then let them go after three to four years. Thirdly, when you employ somebody, they grow through the job. The more you work for a particular organization or sector, the more you gain experience. Experience is not bought; it is acquired as you work. I, therefore, do not support employment in the Government through contracts. Madam Temporary Speaker, the design of employing on contractual basis requires that you pay the employees a lot of money. However, when you employ on permanent and pensionable terms, then you pay less money to these employees. Therefore, the argument that when you employ by contract, you then save money, is neither here nor there. I, therefore, oppose the issue of the Government employing on a contractual basis, which is already happening in the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, the contracts of the staff who were employed in the first five years of devolved governments, for example, ended and they now do not have anywhere to go. Some of them are married and do not know what to do with their families. I, therefore, oppose this move. Let us continue with permanent and pensionable employment by the Government. However, in the corporate sector, they can go for contractual employment. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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