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    "id": 1093362,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "It is worth noting that the Act as it is structured compliments the Public Service employment manual as noted below. The Public Service Commission Human Resource Policies and Procedures Manual for the Public Service of May, 2016 on the mandatory public service employees benefit insurance policies that the employer has promised its employees who are public servants. It provides for medical insurance benefits that is found in page 58; group life and disability cover for five years basic salary, that is found on page 75; group personal accident which is a five year basic salary on page 102, 103 and Work Injury Benefit Act, eight years gross pay which is found on page 102 and 103. Madam Temporary Speaker, the implementation of the PSSS Act 8 of 2012 means that effective 1st January, 2021, when the Public Service Pension Scheme became operational the next of kin of any employee who has died while in service is entitled to a death and disability benefit equivalent to her five years’ pensionable emolument. For example, in the recent KDF helicopter tragedy in Kajiado County where 17 officers perished, the employees are entitled to the benefits defined in the PSSS Act No.8 of 2012 as well as benefits defined in the human resource and procedures manual for the Public Service. Where the Government has not provided for such insurance policies, the Trustees of the Public Service Superannuation Scheme and/or the Sponsor of the Scheme, The National Treasury or the Minister in Charge of the Public Service Youth and Gender and the Public Service Commission, must be held accountable. They must be held responsible and be required to offer the payment to the next of kin where such omissions occur."
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