Sospeter Ojaamongson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Tax Collection Union first applied for registration as a trade union on 18th January, 2003 through its Interim General Secretary, Mr. Munir, under the provisions of the Trade Unions Act, Cap.233, which is now repealed. On 11th March, 2004, the Registrar of Trade Unions wrote to Mr. Munir Abubakar Masud, the Interim Secretary General of Tax Collection Union, informing him that their application had been rejected under Section 16(1)(d)(i) of the Trade Unions Act, Cap.233 – which has since been repealed – on the grounds that there were other trade unions ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have answered that question very well. The reason as to why Mr. Munir was denied registration of the trade union is that there were other trade unions in existence which represented the same interests that Mr. Munir wanted to advance. That is the only reason. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are some limitations to the formation of trade unions. If we have a trade union advancing the interests of workers in the banking sector, we cannot have every worker forming a union to advance the same interest. There has to be a limit. In this case, we have already had three other registered trade unions, to which Mr. Munir was referred. We have the Banking, Insurance and Finance Union (BIFU), the Kenya Union of Civil Servants (KUCS) and the Commercial, Food and Allied Workers Union, by which Mr. Munir’s interests are already taken care of. So, ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is, indeed, the National Labour Board which approves the registration of trade unions, after they have been accepted by the Registrar of Trade Unions. If Mr. Munir still wants to pursue the matter, which he is pursuing in court, he can still bring it before the Board. We now have in place the National Labour Board; which never used to exist previously; so, his application can be look at again. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add my voice to the contributions that the hon. Members have made in support of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Bill. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will find that the issues of elections and boundaries are very emotive. As much as the situation is calm now, towards the end, maybe after this commission completes its work, tempers in Kenya might rise again. This time round, unless we have a very credible commission, I fear this might be the cause of fighting in Kenya again. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Ligale Commission presented its report, there were accusations and counter-accusations, especially from areas where constituencies and wards were moved to other constituencies or districts. One of the causes of ... view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, the issue of salaries and remuneration falls under my Ministry. I want to prepare and come up with a very recent position on how we should go about this because we have been receiving a lot of complaints from civil servants. However, because there was nobody who stood to speak on this very important Bill, I wish to give this time to hon. Koech, so that next time, I will do my research and contribute accordingly to this Bill. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really wanted to contribute. I want to contribute to this matter objectively. I wish to bring to your attention that we do not have a quorum in the House. view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was saying that we do not have a quorum! view
• 12 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just in the preliminaries. I had not even started. view