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• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: pensions, then they must be maintained on the payroll. This aspect of the provision of the law must be enforced. Secondly, the seamless transfer of public officers or workers from the main payroll to the pension payroll is also provided in law. Therefore, we are discussing a matter that is already provided for in our pieces of legislation. What matters is proper enforcement of the laws that we have made in this country. From the data that we have, majority of the workers, whether teachers or civil servants - and I really make that correction by Hon. Duale that teachers ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for an opportunity to speak on this amendment Bill. I want to start by thanking Hon. Peter Kaluma for enabling us to address this matter of great concern. I support the amendment Bill, but with some reservations and recommendations which I would like to present to him. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I support the amendment Bill because it seeks to ensure that we create greater protection for spouses, children and the extended family in succession matters in the event that somebody dies. Indeed, Members have demonstrated that there has been a lot of drama and untold pain whenever it is not clear who the dependants of the deceased are. As I support this amendment Bill, I would like us to look at the matter from the context of protecting the family. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Leader of the Minority Party, who I am sure has a passion metre somewhere, identified the ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. Peter Kaluma indicated that we are looking at marriage as defined by the Marriage Act. It is clear that we can have a civil marriage, which can be conducted in church or could be held at the District Commissioner or the Attorney General. That means one man-one wife. In the case of customary marriage, you can have as many wives as you would want. There is the Islamic marriage where you can have up to four wives. There is also Hindu marriage where you are allowed one wife. There is also the cross of cohabitation ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, today, indeed, is an important day because Hon. David ole Sankok has for a while made the entire country and the House think that he is Nominee 001. He is only 001 on the other side. Nominee 001, on this side where I am, is yours truly who is speaking right now. You can see from the kind of intervention he raised that, maybe, we need to revise and be sure that we know who 001 is in the House. We need to take note that it is the courts that create confusion. I would like ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: As I support this amendment Bill, I request Hon. Kaluma that for the very reason that we would like to maintain clarity of values, we should also ensure that we not only protect our children, but we are also role models. Young girls and boys should grow up to know that they have a choice on whether or not to get married. They can also choose whether it is more preferable for them to have children out of wedlock. It would be very unfortunate that in a country where we talk about maintaining national values, moral values, protecting the family ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The Statement rendered by the Chair of Labour Committee is, indeed, very disappointing! The Questions is clear. It is about compliance with the law; it is not about giving general narratives. In fact, if you look at these answers, it is worth answers that a Standard I child can answer on the first day in school. Hon. Speaker, the role of the labour movement cannot be down-played in this country. What the Cabinet Secretary for Labour is doing is to deliberately asphyxiate the unions. In The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: addition, in terms of gazettement of agency fee under Section 49 of the Labour Relations Act, the Cabinet Secretary ought to gazette without referring to any other process. The powers are vested in the Minister. What the Cabinet Secretary is alluding to is development of regulations to govern the labour movement. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker justice delayed is justice denied. We are in the month of March 2021 and we are talking about the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) that were negotiated in 2017 that come to the end in the month of June. We cannot be engaged in these altercations for the entire period of four years. Hon. Speaker, looking at the answers from the Cabinet Secretary, which we have shared with the various constituencies, they are very unsatisfactory. It only leads to killing of trade unions. One of the questions in offloading of membership, looking at various unions in this country, membership ... view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Yes. view