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    "id": 1126131,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1126131/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
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        "legal_name": "Danson Mwashako Mwakuwona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Asian Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions (Repeal) Bill, 2021. Indeed, this Bill is coming at the right time when as a country, we need to look at other pension schemes that have existed in Kenya however back we can go and put them under one umbrella. Indeed, Asians moved to Kenya many years ago to build the meter gauge railway and many of them are deceased. Therefore, if there is any amount of money sitting in the pension schemes, it will be important for us as a country, as we clean up this system to have the beneficiaries paid, that is, the descendants of those Asians. This Bill indicates that they need to be paid within one year. It is critical so that we either close or pay those claims. If there is anything that remains unclaimed or where beneficiaries cannot be traced, then that money goes back to the National Treasury. I am glad that this Bill comes in. Even as a country we have been pursuing unity and inclusivity. 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."
}