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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui West, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Edith Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Edith Nyenze",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to comment on the Pensions (Amendment) Bill from our colleague Hon. Barasa. Let me say that pensioners really suffer especially because, when they retire, they have been used to getting salaries at the end of the month. They then retire to no money and that is in itself a shock. One has to wait for months or years to get pension. Retirees suffer a lot from stress and embarrassment because those around them expect to be helped, yet they cannot help them. Most of the time, the National Treasury says that delays in payments are because files or the required documents are not put in order to allow them to pay pension. So, I urge both employers and employees to ensure that files are in order, their names are well written and everything that is required for one to be paid pension is prepared in time, so that when time to pay pension comes, files are in order. Since employees know they will retire at a certain time, they should have everything in order because there is a complaint of delayed payment of pension. Another thing that I want to stress, which should come as an amendment, is that as employees contribute towards their pension, they should also contribute towards their medical cover. When you retire, you are aged and likely to suffer from many diseases. So, you will use most of your money in hospital. It is good to have a medical cover when you retire. Therefore, it is advisable for employers to deduct money for pension and medical cover, so that when one retires, as they get pension, they automatically get medical cover. This amendment will also come along with pre-retirement training so that pensioners can know how to use their money. When most of them get the provident funds, namely, the lump sum, they use all of it at once and after that, they suffer a lot. It is good to be educated and made aware The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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