Hon Jeremiah Omboko Milemba

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• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: I want to assert that if we remove that term in the labour movement and even for the Members of Parliament (MPs), then the basis upon which those statutory deductions will be done, will be swayed and can be changed anytime. In fact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) talks about this. It says that the basic salary is not easily changeable. You may not reduce it, but you may deal with all the other benefits above the basic salary which add to the gross salary. This may include overtime and other allowances. view
• 1 Dec 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, Hon. Speaker, without much ado and because today is a very busy day, I wanted to weigh in that the basic salary needs to be protected. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance just before Hon. Makau closed this. I want to congratulate the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare for having brought Sessional Paper No.3 of 2019 which is touching on a very important issue of FGM. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Many people have spoken on this and many expositions done in terms of knowledge and statistics. I want to speak on it in order to give hope that this is something that can end. This comes from a historical perspective where there were very many cultural practices and other forms of practices practiced by Africans. But along the way they have either been shown the door through Christianity, civilisation and modernisation. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I have in mind many cultural practices that were done in Kenya like removal of teeth among the Luo which has been mentioned here. Another cultural practice is human sacrifice among some of our tribes that was eradicated. There was killing of twins as part of cultural practices of Africans, Kenyans were also involved and this has been done away with. There are many others including cults and believe in traditional medicine at the expense of people dying. Today, this has been mitigated using laws and is dying. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, I want to speak to the communities that are practicing this like the Samburu, Maasai and the Somali. This is a cultural practice that can end. It will involve leadership and education in those areas so as to defeat FGM because it is not a good cultural practice. More so, looking closely there was FGM among the Agikuyu community. I do not speak for them but I know they had it. For those who read the old books like the River Between, you would see this practice being flagged very loudly. But now when you speak to the Agikuyu ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: the Middle East. All the researches and especially the United Nations Children's Fund, (UNICEF) research has proved that the defects of this cultural practice, is four flagged. It is a health and psychological hazard that leads to early marriages and fall out of education by the young ones who have undergone this practice. The trend in Kenya is that it begins with FGM, then moves to early marriage, leads to fall out of school and continuous illiteracy in those areas. Therefore, this is a cultural practice that needs to be defeated. I stand to support its defeat given that it ... view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to say that the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare had organised a session in Mombasa and most of them have actually gone there. I am sorry that the Chair is not here. So, maybe, it could be moved to the next session. Thank you. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. Like what Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker said earlier on, I thank the Chairman for being in the House. Ordinarily, he should have moved out because his Motion is the last one on the Order Paper. This almost proves that age is not a factor because, earlier on, we were speaking about young and old. view
• 5 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I support this particular Report because it tries to protect the police officers. It appeals for the police officers to be protected. It also identifies them as frontline workers alongside other workers. They are at the entry point of all those who come in the system of the cells, prisons, remands and courts. They need to be protected because this is a serious entry point. The Report further seeks to motivate the Police Force. Given that they are frontline workers, let them be motivated by being given an allowance which I support strongly as a person with a background of ... view