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    "id": 1121802,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121802/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "This Bill is also going to make sure that statutory payments of pensions are made. That is another problem. Employers deduct money but do not remit it to pension schemes. We will ensure we have discipline around pension schemes. We have many cases of retirees and pensioners who have not been paid their money. We remember the case of Teleposta Pensioners. People were retrenched but up to date they have not been paid their pension. What the pension schemes do is to use courts to frustrate pensioners. They go to court and block the whole process and create more misery for pensioners. We have the Kenya Railways Pensioners and even government pensioners who have not been paid to date. This Bill will help with dealing with that matter. As we look at the Bill, we also need to look at other legislations that will support what Hon. Didmus Barasa has brought. It is high time we looked at amendments to the Public Finance Management Act so that the first charge should be debts and pension so that people are paid their pension before anything else is paid. What is happening in the Government is that they prioritise payment of debts and we know we have a debt problem. That means that issues like pension will be given a back burner but this Bill will ensure that, that is done."
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