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    "id": 995090,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.48(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, and perhaps the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, concerning summary dismissal of casual tea workers in Kerito and Kipkebe factories in Nyamira County. In the Statement, the Committee should - (1) Explain why the casual tea pickers were dismissed without any notice served on them, contrary to the Constitution and the labour laws of the Republic of Kenya, more so during this period of COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Explain the consultations the two factories held with the said casual tea pickers before replacing their labour with machines which have destroyed the workers’ livelihood during this COVID-19 pandemic period. (3) State when the dismissed workers will be compensated and given their pension for the years of service. (4) State the measures that have been put in place by the Government of the Republic of Kenya to protect workers in tea plantations across the country whose jobs are at risk due to mechanisation of tea picking arising from unfair labour practices by their employers. I thank you."
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