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    "id": 1030322,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13131,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Tuesday, 10th November, 2020 - The Report of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on a Petition to the Senate concerning the looming collapse of the Kenya Railway Retirement Benefit Scheme due to mismanagement and psychological torture rising from non- payment of benefits. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Petition by pensioners under the KR Staff Retirement Benefit Scheme was presented to the Senate on 21st July, 2020 by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, the Senator for Trans Nzoia County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you directed that this Petition be dealt with by the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. We held eight sittings on this matter, including a follow-up meeting which took place yesterday, Monday, 9th November, 2020. We noted that as of August, 2020, the pensioners have not been paid 12 months pension and Kenya Railways Cooperation, as the sponsor, had not effected mandatory annual pension increase of 3 per cent per annum accrued with effect from 1st January, 2014. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in our engagement with the sponsor, KR and different stakeholders including the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA) and the National Treasury, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, we have secured five months payment. There is pending payments but we report that through this Petition, all the pensioners at KR will get all their dues. We have commitments that have been made as recently as yesterday. They have already received about Kshs200 million and Kshs325 million is due within the next two weeks. There is also Kshs5 billion that will come out of compensation of the Railway Club that was part deposit of the transaction. The National Treasury has confirmed that the money is available. Yesterday, during our meeting, the Chair of the National Land Commission (NLC) was called and confirmed that they have finished the valuation. Once that is done, we will secure up to six years of pension for the pensioners. After the disposal of certain The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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