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    "id": 1127702,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1127702/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likuyani, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 294,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
        "slug": "enoch-kibunguchy"
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to, first of all, congratulate Hon. Didmus Barasa for coming up with this Bill. Secondly, just like the rest of Members who have contributed, this Bill is imperative, because we know that pension is a right. Pension is not a privilege that the Government or an employer gives to an employee. It is a right that an employee earns because it is a contributory scheme. I am very sure that all employers, be it the Government, know very well when XYZ is going to retire. So, I do not see the reason why pension cannot be worked out a little early, so that on the date of retirement, all logistics as far as pension is concerned are sorted out. Immediately one retires, he should just be transiting from one life to another—from a life of earning a salary to a life of earning pension. It should not be rocket science. Two, we all know that, at the time of retirement, many people are confronted with the so- called lifestyle diseases. They are chronic diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer. Again, life becomes extremely expensive at that time unless you are on a regular income that can sustain you. As I congratulate the Mover of this Bill and support it, I would like to urge that we expedite its passage and make sure that it is operational as soon as possible. Thank you very much for giving me this chance."
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