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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second Statement is under Standing Order No.53 (1) and this Statement has a context to it. Before I seek this Statement, I want to thank Sen. Kinyua and Sen. Cherarkey. In the last Session of this Senate, the matter of former councillors came up very strongly. It is on that backdrop that I seek the Statement on the status of payment of the one-off honorarium to former councillors. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding the status of payment of the one-off honorarium to former councillors. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the status of implementation of the payments by the Treasury as resolved by the Senate on 18th October, 2018, following recommendations of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare Report on a Petition by former councillors, of the one-off token of Kshs200,000 each to former councillors for their dedicated service to the country. (2) State whether the Government would consider enrolling the former councillors and their spouses to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) scheme to benefit from treatment in their respective county health facilities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to make a comment on this Statement. When this Statement was sought in 2018, we had more than 12,000 former councillors who were living very squalid lives. Today, that number has reduced to almost less than"
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