Godfrey Osotsi

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• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the Chair of the Committee on Implementation, I beg to move the following Motion: view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Committee on Implementation on the implementation status of the Report of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, on a Petition regarding Deplorable Working Conditions of Workers at the Kwale International Sugar Company Limited, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th November 2020. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: As you are aware, the Committee on Implementation was established pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 209. It is mandated to scrutinise the resolutions of the House, including those contained in adopted committee reports, Petitions and also all undertakings given by the national Executive. We examine whether such decisions or undertakings are implemented. In places where they have been implemented, we scrutinise the extent of implementation and whether it has taken place within the minimum time necessary. While doing this, I The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: acknowledge that the Committee faces a number of challenges. One of the major challenges that we face which the House needs to help us at some point is that most of the resolutions that are passed by this House, especially in Petitions, are usually challenged in courts. That creates a lot of delays when the Committee is making decisions or even following up on some matters. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: The other major challenge is that we play games. Some of the parties which are involved play a lot of delaying tactics with the Committee. Eventually, the Committee takes quite some time to resolve a matter. As you know, Standing Order No. 201 requires that within 60 days of a resolution being made in this House, the Committee is supposed to follow up on its implementation. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: This matter arose as a result of a Petition that was presented to this House pursuant to Standing Order No. 225(2) (a) by Hon. Zuleikha Juma Hassan, Member for Kwale, on behalf of both the current and former employees of the Kwale International Sugar Company on 26th August 2015. You can see that it was even read in the 11th Parliament, but not in the 12th one. The petitioner requested the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, to investigate the circumstances behind the poor working conditions of the workers at the company and intervene to ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Our Committee took up this task. We had several meetings with a number of parties. For instance, we had a meeting with the management of the company on 15th November 2018. Subsequently, we visited the company on 28th to 31st March 2019. We held a meeting with the management and the workers of the Kwale International Sugar Company Limited. We also had a meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in the county. We had oral and written submissions. Hon. Zuleikha Juma Hassan was also in attendance in this inspection visit. We also had meetings ... view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: When we visited the factory, it was not operational. However, the Committee had meetings and looked at various facilities at the factory, including the modified trucks for transporting the workers. We also visited the clinic which has a pharmacy and laboratory. We noted that the factory’s operations had stopped for 18 months from June 2018 to November 2019. view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: During our investigation, the Committee established the following with regard to implementation of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare: view
• 30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: (1) The management of the company should within 90 days of tabling the Report issue letters and contracts of appointment to all the employees. view