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    "id": 929208,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion on Staff Rationalization in counties. Many organizations, large and small, rationalize staff due to a number of reasons. One of the most important reasons that calls for staff rationalization is a slumping economy. Some organizations which are not doing well prefer to cut down on the number of staff. Sometimes, it is because of technological advancement. You will find that organizations have advanced technology are to do so much work with a lean number of staff. If an organization is doing well with lean staff, then the executive justifies that it is possible to cut down on staff so that they make use of the limited number of staff and get maximum productivity from them. Madam Temporary Speaker, the issue of staff rationalization needs to be thought out very well because it impacts heavily on the remaining staff. In a situation where an organization decides that they are going to lay off a number of staff, the ones remaining will work with a lot of fear of the unknown. First of all, they are not sure whether they will be kept on the job. In that case, they will not give their best to the organization and the organization will not be doing well. Madam Temporary Speaker, in as much as we are looking at issues of staff rationalization in the counties, there is need to really ask ourselves whether the staff that are going to be laid off have been given time to come to terms with the fact that they will be laid off. They need to be taken through the laying off stages. They need to be told in advance that they will be laid off, probably, in six months time. There is need for capacity building and sensitization for them to know that if they are going to be laid off, then, there are other opportunities. If staff rationalization is done instantly, it can have repercussions to the workers. This is because most of them eke a living to pay for hospital bills and school fees for their families. So, when they are laid off in two months’ time, it will be devastating for them."
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