2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Clause 13 of the Bill amends the Principal Act in Section No.9 on remuneration of members, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), to ensure that the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) protects citizens from astronomical figures being paid 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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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
to those managing resources that should otherwise go for health care. This is very important.
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the establishment of the office of the Corporation Secretary is very good. This will ensure that we have good principles of governance, financial management and accountability in the organisation.
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Section 15 of the Principal Act, which is being amended in Clause 19, gives the employer the responsibility to make sure that contributions of the public officer are remitted. This has been the position, but in Part D, it also gives the responsibility of matching the contributions of the employer to the organisation itself.
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
The contribution of Kshs1,500 that has been set at the moment is reasonable. The figure of Kshs600 or Kshs500 is achievable. However, I fear for future startups. If you raise the contributions to say, Kshs10,000, and you have a startup company that is paying a salary of only Kshs20,000--- That is why I said that the figure should be approved by Parliament, to ensure it does not become too high and punitive to employers. After all, the employers are trying to employ Kenyans and it may become a struggle to match this money. I hope the Chairperson and the Committee ...
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
I do not know if the Chairperson of the Committee is here, but the last question I asked myself is if we have internalized these amendments very well. I do not know whether we should be in such a hurry. We wake up on a Thursday morning, move the Bill and by mid-day, we are done. If we do not conclude by mid-day, we come back in the afternoon, debate for one hour and then run around. Before we digest the amendments that we think should be introduced in consonance with what we have raised on the Floor of this ...
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for a Bill of this magnitude, I am not convinced that we should be in a hurry. It is a shame that it is rare to see the leadership of this House here, especially the Majority side. The Bill is theirs and they are not here to collect views and listen to our contributions. They do not even know whether we are ready to pass this Bill in the afternoon or not. This is unfortunate.
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am willing to be informed.
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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I still have some few minutes. 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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2 Dec 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me conclude because of time.
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