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On behalf of the entire Executive Board of the Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU (K), our over 1.5 million strong members and on my own behalf, I take this opportunity to foremost welcome you all to this 48th Labour Day Celebrations being marked just a month after this country ushered in a new leadership through an election that was remarkably peaceful.
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Coupled with the results of the March 4th General elections and the uncertainty that lies ahead, it is not a bizarre that a section of Kenyans have lately remained edgy and gullible to any utterances however well-intentioned and would hit the roof - top at the slightest of what they perceive provocative.
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Both the country’s print and electronic media have been a wash lately with news of members of parliament seeking a pay rise as most of them continue to condemn and vilify the Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU (K) Secretary General of allegedly supporting MPs on their quest for better pay. (Read letters to the editor, Daily Nation, Tuesday 23rd April 2013).
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The Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU (K) learnt with shock and deep regrets the unfortunate and untimely death of the immediate former Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Bro. David Osiany Okuta which death occurred in the wee hours of this morning.
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The Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU (K) wishes to distance itself from reports appearing in a section of the media that plans were in place for trade unions to hold countrywide demonstrations against the Saturday historical ruling by the Supreme Court that upheld the win for the President-Elect Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta.
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The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) through its Chairman Johnstone Kavuludi should move with speed and engage the Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo on the powers and roles of their individual offices for purposes of working together in a more harmonious and co-ordinated manner that guarantees the country of a police force that is united and under a clear chain of command.
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Our attention has been drawn to a special issue of the Kenya Gazette Legal Notice Number 2 by the Chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (CSR) in which among others she has given a misleading definition of “Public Service Organization” as provided for in our National Constitution besides giving the Commission a decisive role in the Collective Bargaining process that the constitution does not provide for in Section 230 under which is established.
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The recent announcement of a record rise in fuel prices of Kshs. 4.12 by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is part of the scheme by cartels in the oil industry taking advantage of the current transition period and absence of a substantive government to loot from the public for fear of the uncertainty that awaits them.
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The Central Organization of Trade Union today hosted a presidential debate at a Nairobi hotel where presidential candidates engaged in a heated face-off mainly touching on workers issues
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As the country prepares to go to the polls on 4th March, 2013, the Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU (K) advises various political parties together with their leaders who continue to put the trade union movement in the country under pressure for endorsement and subsequent support that Kenya's Labour movement under its Executive Board that met on 26th September, 2012 in Kisumu; a meeting that was followed by the General Secretaries' meeting the following day, unanimously endorsed the decision that COTU (K) as a free and independent labour movement would remain neutral, non-partisan and without commitment to any political party or an individual politician for support.
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