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    "id": 1013540,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1013540/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ruiru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Simon King'ara",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Simon Nganga Kingara",
        "slug": "simon-nganga-kingara-2"
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to share my views on this important Bill. I first want to thank Hon. Mwangi because of thinking ahead. It defeats sense when it is said that after 60 years you are going to retire and then at the same time you have worked, maybe, for 30 years and then you are given an extension of five years. It defeats logic. Therefore, if we were to prosper and even accommodate the upcoming skills from our schools, we have to create a real exit. Moreover, the Government sector is the benchmark of how we should do things. This is because if the Government does not adhere to the set age limit then the private sector will follow suit. Actually, you find that those who are getting skills from schools will have no opportunity to work. As it was said by other speakers, when you are given an extension or when you are acting sometimes you find yourself earning two salaries – a salary for your substantive role and another salary for the position in which you are acting. It is like you hold two jobs yet we are talking of unemployment. It is important that we adhere to what we have set as basis for working. Moreover, one would ask why an age limit of 60 was put in place. If there was no reason, then the age limit would not have been there. If there were to be extension – maybe that is where the amendment comes in – the extension should have a specific time limit that should be adhered to. Lastly, we also need to lead by example…"
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