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    "id": 1107228,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " It is a point of order. Maybe because I did not explain and the Leader of the Majority Party did not go to Alliance High School, maybe, he did not get the point. Hon. Chairman, you are able to grasp the point very fast like I was able to, earlier. The whole intention, which is related to what Hon. Nduati has moved on behalf of Hon. Oundo, is to cushion the ordinary Wanjiku from paying penalties. Remember we have set very high penalties for non-remittance of contributions. I think the penalty is 25 per cent of the amount you should contribute. Therefore, we are just seeking to cushion individuals who are late in submitting their contributions. Employers, public bodies, and corporations of the national Government are not individual persons. So, they will pay penalties. That is the corporate proviso that Hon. Oundo was making to excuse those that get money from the National Treasury for no fault of their own. An ordinary citizen, and considering the hard economic times that we live in… We are making every adult Kenyan become a compulsory contributor to the Fund. If someone who is voluntarily making contributions defaults on a certain date, do not penalise them. That is the exemption that Hon. Duale is trying to make with this amendment. It is meant to protect ordinary citizens and the hustling Wanjikus ."
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