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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Noor",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sophia Abdi Noor",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this chance to contribute to this important Motion. I want to say that I support the Motion. I want to take this chance to congratulate Mr. Wamalwa for bringing this Motion so that we may think outside the box and not the traditional way of doing things. It shows that he cares for the future of people and particularly the livelihood of the people who serve this nation. Serving the nation is a great honour. I would like to thank all those people who have served this country in one way or the other. To me, they are our national heroes who need to be motivated by improving their conditions of service. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker life after work must be enjoyable. It should be a life that you look forward to without indulging yourself in corruption. If you do not know that there are other ways open for you and that you will not easily access your funds after employment, then you could be tempted to steal while in service. Civil servants could abuse their offices if they do not understand how they will be when they retire. Those who work for the Government are supposed to be role models to our children so that they can develop their potential and careers. We do not want to see horrible people in our villages who cannot sustain their own livelihood after they retire. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, most people nowadays change jobs from Government to the private sector and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) because they do not see light at the end of the tunnel in Government service. So, people are looking for other short-cuts where they can be able to live descent lives with their families and be proud of themselves. Government employees are not proud of working for the Government because of the poor working conditions. The officers are usually poorly paid and the little that they save, they cannot access it when they retire. First, they must bribe before they get the job and when they retire, they also have to bribe so as to get their retirement benefits. This is not a friendly and conducive environment for the retirees. They have problems during employment and even after employment because getting their pension on time is very difficult. I can give you an example. I stopped working 15 years ago and up to today, I have not got my pension. I will not get it until I attain 50 years of age. Who knows whether I will reach 50 years! Nobody knows! We should not allow the Government to use workers’ pensions to invest."
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