George Mukuru Muchai

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I oppose in entirety the amendments that are proposed by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on the Industrial Court Act of 2011. This is because the law relating to employment requires that before any labour law is amended and the Industrial Court Act is part of the labour laws, prior consultations will be held at the Labour Board level. Also, there should be participation by the consumers of these services, namely the employers and the workers in this country and further by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention No.144 which is duly ratified ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to bring it to the attention of this House that these amendments were proposed during the Tenth Parliament--- view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the provision of the Employment Act requires participation by social partners, namely the employers and the workers in the amendment of any labour laws. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I am saying that the Industrial Court Act is part of the labour laws. I am further saying that this is a requirement of Convention No.144 of the ILO which is duly ratified by the Government of Kenya and therefore forms part of our laws. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if we proceed on this basis we will not only appear as though we do not value what this House considered during its Tenth Session--- These are the same amendments which were brought before the House but were rejected on this basis. We should take a cue from what the Tenth Parliament did and agree that there is need to have the social partners duly consulted on these issues so that the amendments are not introduced through the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill but rather substantively after due process in terms of consultations has taken place. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. There are two issues arising from what hon. Chepkong’a is saying. One, he is saying that he wants these amendments to align the Act with the Constitution. This is what took place when the law on the industrial court was first enacted. This was to operationalize Article 162 of the Constitution. Every consideration was made to ensure that the Act conforms with the Constitution. But more importantly, if you look at some of these amendments that are being proposed, you will find that they have far reaching consequences. For example, Section 15(5) of the Act ... view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: This way, the industrial court’s hands are tied. I have read the amendments that are proposed by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs relating to this section. It is not just a question of changing names. This has far reaching consequences on the consumer of the services offered by the industrial court. view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I strongly oppose and urge the Members--- view
• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I urge the Members to stand with the employers and workers in this country by entirely opposing these amendments. view