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    "id": 1121786,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Keter",
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    "content": "money but they have already given all the signatures required. These cartels end up picking this money and praying for their deaths. Cartel members within pension schemes use retirees’ money to party and enjoy themselves at the expense of those who die while chasing it. It is like dancing at the graveyard of pensioners who have passed away. When it comes to next of kin, it becomes even more problematic to follow up this money. This is a very important Bill. I am sure that all the Members of this House have at one time, or on a daily basis, interacted with pensioners who are crying that they have to travel to Nairobi in pursuit of the benefits. You can imagine a pensioner travelling all the way from Turkana County. How much money, in terms of expenses, will they spend? They have to stay in Nairobi for three days or even a week. In order to raise transport money, they have to sell their bulls or pieces of land to chase after pension that will come when they are dead. Some pensioners have gone into depression. Some of them have developed lifestyle diseases like hypertension and diabetes because of the stress of being mishandled in pension offices. We need to digitise the pension payment system. Since workers contribute to pension schemes through banks, pension should be paid to retirees through banks without them having to chase it. This is because workers do not chase banks when they contribute to pension schemes or get paid their salaries. Pensioners should be paid digitally through their banks. They should not go through the hassle of travelling all the way to Nairobi to follow up their pension money. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I congratulate Hon. Didmus Barasa for bringing this important Bill to the House. Hon. Wekesa, you are a good man. Thank you very much. With those remarks, I second."
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