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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the grace to speak to this one. Due to time, I will not dwell on the things that the Leader of the Majority Party and Leader of Minority Party have tackled. It is important for the public out there to know that we have this amendment in order to bring Members of Parliament serving in the Senate within the bracket of parliamentary pension scheme. As the Leader of the Minority Party said, if the pension given to any Member of Parliament serving in the House of Senate were to become a subject of challenge before a court of law, it would be a very difficult situation for them to defend. This is because the Parliamentary Pensions Act still talks of the National Assembly and not the Senate. So that is to be clarified. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill but with a raft of amendments. This is because I still see confusion in terms of entitlement to gratuity against entitlement to pension. In both literal English and law, pension is a social security benefit calculated on some rate and given to you when you meet the requirements like age specifications and others. I want to challenge any of you to go to your phones and Google the word “gratuity”. It comes from the word “ gratis ”, which means “grace”. It is a gift in money form. It is a tip. It is something given to you and people who qualify for it are people who have served for some specific term. If you look at the law on gratuity, whether you go to the United Kingdom or United States of America, it is a tip for defined areas of service. It is a salutation that you have served in a place of honour. It is a way of telling you, “You have served well, we thank you with this.” That is why during previous parliaments 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."
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