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    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "5. The National Treasury should ensure timely payment of pensions to the pensioners and prioritise prompt disbursement of employer contributions under the Public Servants Superannuation Scheme (PSSS). As a Committee, we have realised there is a serious delay in paying pensions to our retired civil servants. It is time that our retired civil servants who have served this country faithfully are paid their dues in good time, so that they do not die before they enjoy their terminal benefits. 6. In the next budget cycle, that is for the Financial Year 2024/2025, the National Treasury should submit its explanatory notes on the CFS expenditures along with the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025. Explanatory notes are very important when we are analysing budgets. They provide more details than we can see in the figures. So, it is important that as we move to the future, every item submitted to the National Assembly by the National Treasury is accompanied by explanatory notes. 7. That, by 31st December 2023, the Office of the Auditor-General should undertake a special audit on pensions relating to pensioners paid through Crown Agents Bank in the United Kingdom (UK) and submit a report to the National Assembly within the stipulated time frame. The Committee realised that after being very keen on CFS expenditures, the allocation for this particular group of Kenyan retirees who are in UK was reduced from Ksh150 million to Ksh42 million. We were not sure what really happened. Thus, we are asking the Auditor- General to go out there and do a specific audit on this matter so that as a Committee, we are informed of what really happened and what triggered that change. In case there will be any issue of misappropriation or misdirection of resources, we will ask this House to recommend the necessary sanctions for such case. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, let me repeat what I said earlier. I re-emphasise that the Consolidated Fund Service expenditures take a huge percentage of our budget. It is important that we start paying more attention to them as opposed to what is happening now. I plead with the House, and more so our Speaker, that this Motion be given more time and we discuss it at the right time instead of discussing it when we have passed the budget. With those many remarks, I take this opportunity to move this Motion. I call upon one of my very active Members, a very serious first-time legislator, Hon Aden Daudi, to second. I must also thank the people of Wajir East Constituency for electing him as their representative. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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