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    "id": 1121819,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121819/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, FORD - K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Nasri Ibrahim",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13173,
        "legal_name": "Nasri Sahal Ibrahim",
        "slug": "nasri-sahal-ibrahim"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity. First and foremost, I thank and congratulate Hon. Barasa for bringing this wonderful Bill which affects everybody in Kenya. For most people, the retirement transition is usually filled with many uncertainties as one parts from a significant activity that affects most of his or her life domain. For others, it means assuming new roles in the society which they would not perform during their working years. Retirement from work has been associated with many challenges. The challenges range from strained finances, feelings of loss, a need to readjust one’s life, dependency, lack of proper medical covers, debilitating illness and even early death. Besides that, most people are plunged into the reality of entering their old age without a proper source of income. For most employees approaching retirement age, the dilemma has always been how to survive the tough economy and what to engage in daily once their working life is over and their main source of livelihood is no longer there. In Kenya, retirees take a long time before they get their retirement benefits. Others even die before getting their benefits. Those who are lucky to get their benefits may, sometimes, have to use collections which most of the time are expensive to them. The amendment Bill, if passed, will shorten the period within which a public service officer will receive his or her pension benefits upon retirement. Many Government agencies take a long time to submit employees’ files to the National Treasury for processing. Some of these agencies, despite the technological era, are still using analogue filling systems. The proposal by the amendment to automate systems will not only fasten the process but also make it easy to retrieve documents by the click of a button. I therefore support. Thank you."
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