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    "id": 1127694,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1127694/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe South, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Paul Mwirigi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1574,
        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
        "slug": "cyprian-kubai-iringo"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Pension assists people who are aged, especially when they retire. When pension was set for somebody who has retired, it was so that somebody should benefit during their old age. That is because they have expenses to cater for. They have children to cater for. Also, there are abnormalities that follow aged people. That is why there is pension. There is need to give pension in good time. The Government takes a long time to give out pension to most people who retire. Somebody suffers, but the pension that person is supposed to receive does not come in good time. There is need to give pension in specific times after a person has retired. Secondly, pension assists somebody to take care of his or her needs. When that person was employed, he or she was earning a large sum of money. They were getting a lot of money. Suddenly, you retire and you ought to have something so that your life can, at least, keep running. It is a good Bill. When enacted, most of our people will benefit. Something else is that most of our people are suffering because the processes that somebody is supposed to follow until they qualify to get the pension are very long. It is good to look at that so that the processes which are put in place by the Government can be reduced so that somebody who retires can get his pension without being disturbed. Those people gave their services to this Government and even to the people of this country. There is no need to give someone stress when he or she is looking for their pension or undergoing the processes to qualify for the pension. 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."
}