{"id":1000967,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1000967/?format=json","text_counter":200,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Amb. Ukur Yatani","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and Planning","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, the increasing public pension budget and accumulation of pension claims remain a challenge. In this regard, the National Treasury is re-engineering and upgrading the pensions system in order to clear all pension payment backlog by the end of the calendar year. This will pave way for a modernised pension management system that will guarantee smooth transition of retirees from a monthly salary cheque to a monthly pension payment. To ease the 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."}