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It has emerged that Kenya has laws to ensure safety of workers while at their workplace. However, ineffective implementation and lack of regular supervision continue jeopardising safety concerns for thousands of workers. The Work Injury Benefits Act, 2007 for instance, stipulates how an employee should be compensated incase of death or injury.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2007 outlines measures employers and employees must take to fix safety concerns. However, their implementation and awareness among employers and employees is largely wanting. Do majority of workers for example know that failure to report safety or health concerns is an offence?
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