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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": "I thank Hon. Mwadime very much for carrying the amendments on behalf of the Pensions Management Committee of Parliament. To respond to what Hon. (Dr.) Otiende raised, there are three Bills amending the Parliamentary Pensions Act. The first one is Bill No.1 which was carried by Hon. Mbadi, which we completed in the morning that was dealing with the Members of Parliament who served from 1984 to 2001. Then there is Bill No.2 which belongs to Hon. Ruth Mwaniki which had the same effect as Hon. Mbadi’s Bill, and now that Hon. Mbadi’s Bill was carried, it is probably going to be redundant. Then there is Bill No.3 which is what we are dealing with right now carried by Hon. Mwadime on behalf of Parliamentary Pensions Management Committee. So, I think, Hon. Otiende might be holding in his hands the amendment No.1 which belongs to Hon. Mbadi and that is why he was talking about history. What we are dealing with now is Bill No.3. I wanted to clarify that so that Members are sure that they are holding the correct amendment Bill because we had three in 2019. This Bill, for avoidance of doubt, was brought for First Reading on 24th July 2019. It was on the papers on 1st of August and we met with the National Treasury on 5th of March 2020. We have also received submissions from the Parliamentary Service Commission. To give a brief background, the Parliamentary Pension Scheme is a contributory Scheme governed by the Parliamentary Pensions Act, Cap.196. It is a defined benefit Scheme. Unlike a defined contribution scheme, a defined benefits scheme is not based on performance of the scheme. I am saying this because members of the public are saying that Members of Parliament were conferring upon themselves money that they have not earned. We are dealing with the Parliamentary Pensions Scheme. It is a contributory scheme. You only get as far as you contribute to your pension. Currently, serving Members contribute at the rate of 12.6 per cent and the Government contributes 25.4 per cent to this Scheme. Section 8 of the Act provides that for you to get into the pension scheme, you have to have an aggregate period of reckonable service of two terms and you have to have attained the age of 45 years. I have barely begun because I was responding to the issue of Hon. Otiende. I beg for just a few more minutes."
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