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    "id": 936536,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "In every county there are three categories: there are those who were there in the county councils, those who got transferred from the national Government when functions were devolved and those who have been hired by Governors. You find three people doing the same job under different schemes of service and remuneration and pension arrangements. We want to make sure that part of our legacy before we leave this House, is that we will have sorted that out. The first part of our legacy was to create a retirement scheme for county workers and have done that. So our Committee is achieving its goal. On top of that is the issue of operationalization of the National Employment Authority. This is also key in our priorities. We have inquired into the charges being charged by institutions on the creative industry including the example I have just given because these are frontiers for job creation and we do not want growth of artists being curtailed. We are taking this thing very seriously. The issue of football was raised and the Speaker asked me to look into it urgently. We have a Sports, Arts and Development Fund with more than Kshs8billion and yet we have our athletes, soccer players and sports men and women stranded in airports and hotels outside the country yet the money is there and has been approved. When we come back with a report I think this House will be pleased because we are already knowledgeable about what is happening in that sector. As I conclude, I thank my nine Committee Members who have been very dedicated and shown great interest and have been really participating. My Committee on Labour and Social Protection normally on a bad day has attendance of six Members 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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