Sophia Abdi Noor

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• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The Committee held meetings in Parliament Buildings with representatives of the dismissed workers on 15th March, 2011; the Municipal Council of Thika on 16th and 29th March, 2011; the Minister for Labour on 16th and 29th March, 2011; the Permanent Secretary (PS), Ministry of Local Government on 4th April, 2011, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government on 10th May, 2011. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Labour appeared before the Committee on 16th March, 2011 and the Assistant Minister for Labour appeared on 29th March, 2011. They informed the Committee that it is true that 250 former employees of Thika Municipal Council reported to the District Labour Officer, Thika, that their services were terminated on 5th November, 2008, and that the officers received the workers and interviewed them on the reasons as to why their services were terminated. The officers analysed their verbal submissions and established that the employees were being paid at the end of each month, ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The Employment Act, 2007 says that a person whose engagement provides for his payment at the end of each day and who is not engaged for a long period or a number of continuous working days, which amounts to an equivalent of not less than one month, or performs work which cannot be reasonably expected to be completed within a period or number of working days amounting to the equivalent of three months or more, the contract process will be deemed to be one where the wages are paid on a monthly basis. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Act, 2007, the District Labour Officer formed the opinion that the 250 employees were actually monthly paid employees, and not casual workers as alleged by the Council. A demand notice was written by the District Labour Officer to Thika Municipal Council to pay, but the Council ignored the notice. A charge sheet was also prepared for the purpose of prosecuting the Council for the recovery of the terminal benefits on behalf of the affected employees. However, the workers have not gone back to the District Labour ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: No, Section 88(1). I am sorry, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir. The Council failed to grant leave and payment amounting to Kshs3,395,236.50. The former and current Town Clerks of Thika Municipal Council failed to comply with the requirement of Section 35(5) of the Employment Act, 2007 as read together with Section 88(1) of the same Act by failing to pay for the years the employees worked amounting to Kshs3,395,236.50. The Thika Municipal Council ignored the summons to appear before the Ministry of Local Government to try and resolve the issue of the 250 works. They refused to go to the ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this chance to sincerely thank all hon. Members who contributed to this Motion. I want to thank hon. William Kabogo for raising the Question. I would also like to thank the Minister who has just spoken. He has reminded us that we have a new Constitution, this is a new country and we must look at issues in a very transparent manner as we deal with them. When the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government appeared before the Committee, he informed us about ... view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to tell us there is a policy that undermines and violates the labour laws in this country? view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this chance to add my voice to this very important Motion. I sit in this Committee. We had a challenge because of all the pending Bills that we were debating here in Parliament. There was a lot of work in Parliament, so we sacrificed to do more here and requested for this extension so that we can reach out to every corner of this country. We have gone to several parts of the country but we have not reached everywhere. The youths and women who are displaced have heard about ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As I support the Motion for Adjournment, I am a very disappointed woman, being a teacher myself. A teacher is always a teacher. I feel that our Government is not serious. We are going to the third day and the children are not going to school. We are wasting a lot of time and this is basically because of poor planning. Our Government is still in the traditional way of planning and doing things. We have moved from there. We have a new Constitution which demands that we change the way we used ... view