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    "id": 1144702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Webuye West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Wanyama",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Wanyama Sitati",
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    "content": "Government or the people processing this pension have taken Kenyans for granted for quite a long time. This Bill has come when we must put laws in place and crack the whip on those people who delay the pension of people who have worked for Kenyans after they go back home. In fact, this is salvation for the pensioners and should be treated like when one opens a fixed account in the bank such that anytime you want to access it, it should be readily available and there should be no delays when someone wants to use their money. In fact, it has caused a lot of pain to the pensioners when they go back home and have issues to settle. Honestly, the pension people always take them for granted. Even when somebody goes to claim for the same, they must bribe these officers so as to get their money after having worked for a long time. I want to agree with other Members that we must put sanctions in this Bill. So, if a pensioner fails to get his/her pension during the set time, the person who delayed the payment of the same is surcharged. So, it becomes a very punitive law and officers will not joke with people’s lives. This has taken a long time and I want to agree with Members that whenever we go home, teachers and civil servants come to us because their pensions have been delayed. This should also be extended to the beneficiaries after the pensioners have passed on. It is even worse when the pensioner passes on and yet the pension, he/she was supposed to get has not been released. It is always a nightmare. Many Kenyans have lost their funds because they do not know where to go. The worst situation is that pension processing is centralised in Nairobi only. Maybe we should move further and say pension processing should be decentralised to various counties so it is made easier and reduces the agony of pensioners making trips to Nairobi yet they do not have fare. I therefore want to appreciate Hon. Barasa for having come up with this amendment. I want us to take it very seriously so that we save Kenyans suffering in the hands of funny staff at the pension offices. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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