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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the things that we will be looking at is how to set up a contributory scheme for medical purposes for MPs who served in the past and also the ones serving at the very moment so that we can cover that as well. On the concern of Hon. Duale, and I will avail to him the comments that were made by the Treasury to the Committee, the Treasury, as Hon. Mbadi has correctly pointed out, was concerned about the arrears from 2010 which amount to Ksh1.15 billion. Under the circumstances, this was the major concern for the Treasury and that was the reason we dropped the amendments of the Committee that were requiring that these benefits be backdated to 2010. So, those concerns have been covered and as the Leader of the Minority Party has correctly pointed out, the amount now is not prohibitive. The other amendment we dropped was the one for reducing the number of terms to be served to qualify a Member to earn pension from two terms to one term. That is also another amendment that we have dropped and we hope to consider it comprehensively when we are dealing with more comprehensive amendments. So, right now, it is only a light basket to take care of those Members who are in a very difficult position at the moment. Let us not misinform the public on this matter by saying that we are trying to award ourselves any pecuniary benefits. With those few remarks, I beg to second."
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