Sospeter Ojaamongson

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 411 to 420 of 726.

• 28 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I hereby table lists of top management from the Chief Executive to the Assistant Manager level of the multinational tea companies of George Williamson, James Finlay and Unilever Tea Kenya Ltd. in Kericho and Bureti districts. view
• 28 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: (b) The three multinational firms have not flouted the existing labour laws by engaging expatriates. The expatriates are lawfully working in Kenya as they have been issued with work permits in accordance with the Immigration Act. (c) I am not in a position to give statistics of the proportion of unskilled labour from the local community. The statistics available relate to the proportion of unskilled labour to management, as all communities seek employment as Kenyans. Indeed, Section 5 of the Employment Act, Cap.11 of 2007, provides that no employer shall discriminate against an employee on grounds of ethnic or social ... view
• 28 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that companies have a corporate social responsibility, but I have not yet gone into details to find out whether they have undertaken this duty. view
• 28 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those are multinational companies. They do not belong to the Government. So, they have a right to bring in a few international employees. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even if you look at the number of he expatriates, they are very few compared to the local employees. Just to shed some light on the matter, you will find that, in Unilever Tea Kenya Ltd; for example, 68 people are in the management level. Out of that number, only four are expatriates. Compare them also with the 15,000 unskilled ones. In George Williamson Ltd; we only have seven ... view
• 28 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the concerns of the hon. Member and I undertake to visit those multinational companies and ensure that, even the machines that have been brought do not deny the local people the employment opportunities that are existing there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we undertake to do that as a Ministry. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Mr. Bernard Ambasa Jaka, who was an employee of Kenya Breweries, Kisumu Branch, suffered severe injury which deformed his right arm in the year 1996, while on duty. (b) I have already acted pursuant to powers conferred upon me under the Workman's Compensation Act, Cap.236, and the Kenya Breweries Limited has drawn a bankers cheque No.020688 amounting to Kshs88,544.00 in favour of Mr. Jaka. The hon. Member is requested to advise Mr. Jaka to go to Kenya Breweries Limited, Ruaraka, to collect the bankers cheque, if ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member has asked two questions. One, is what we are doing to speed up the processing of compensation claims. In the last Parliament, you can recall that we revised our labour laws and lessened the time for compensation for injured persons. I would like to advise the hon. Member to go through the Work Injury Benefits Act. He will find that--- view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was just trying to inform him what we have done in our labour laws now. Our previous labour laws actually created some kind of hinderance in the processing of those compensations claims. His second question was whether we could compensate the injured person, Mr. Jaka, according to the current rates. That is not possible! But we advise that Mr. Jaka can go and file a civil case seeking for damages from Kenya Breweries Limited. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member has been in Kenya for some time and he knows what happened to the Ministry of Labour. The Ministry was forced to reduce its staff, and its current Budget is just less than a billion shillings. We have a limited number of staff, and that is why we cannot handle most of these cases. We have so many cases of this kind. We are carrying out an audit to find out how we can fast-track the payments of the people who are injured at their workplaces. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ministry, or ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I went through the workman's compensation form and the worker had a very slight injury on the index finger. So, it was not a major injury. So, I consider the compensation very adequate. view