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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that the County Retirement Scheme Bill (Senate Bill No.25 of 2014) be now read a Second Time. I will be very brief because this Bill is very short and its purpose is straight forward. I will not belabour so much for that purpose. This Bill intends to create a pension scheme for county government workers. This Bill has been before the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. The Speaker submitted the Bill to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on 6th August, 2014, approximately one year ago. The reason why this has been the case is that both the Committee and I, as the sponsor of the Bill, have been engaging with various stakeholders for consultation as much as possible in order to get the widest consensus within the stakeholders. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during that one year – the Chairperson of the Committee can bear me witness and I will request him to Second the Bill later – the Committee and I consulted very many stakeholders including the National Treasury, the Pensions Department, the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) which is the regulator on matters of pension in this country. Others who were consulted were the existing pension and social security arrangements for workers who used to serve in the defunct local authorities which are mainly two schemes; LAPTRUST and the LAPFUND. LAPTRUST is established by the Legal Notice of 2007 and LAPFUND under an Act of Parliament namely, the Local Authorities Provident Fund Act, Cap. 272 of the laws of Kenya. The Committee and I have also consulted the Transition Authority (TA), the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), the Council of Governors (CoG), the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC), the County Public Boards Forum (CPBF) of all counties as well as the Kenya County Governments Workers’ Union (KCGWU), which is the trade union that represents the existing workers of county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as we speak – I am sure the Chairperson will elaborate on this – we are almost reaching an agreement although there are a few outstanding issues. I have been informed by the Chairperson of the Committee that there will be a final push on 23rd July, 2015, to bring all the stakeholders together to try and reach an agreement before the Bill goes into the Committee of the Whole to be read a Third Time. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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