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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Emilio Mureithi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support this Motion. From the outset, pension is the most valuable asset any working person can think of on this earth. It is important to note that the Government is the main employer and they are the ones who even started this issue of pension. But it is also worth noting that the very Government plans for five years and anything beyond that period is not sustainable. That is why after every five years, we have to go back for elections. It is also important that every other Government planning at the Ministry level, they always arrange it in such a manner that it expires after every three years. If you check what happens in the co- operative movement, the Government has set directives through the Ministry of Co- operative Development and Marketing. After every three years, you must retire and subject yourself for re-election. In any institution, even in companies, you will always find that after three years, one must be subjected to an election. It is surprising that when we think of pension we also do not look at such employees who would have been in such organizations as people who would also want to merit a bit of pension. It is good to realize that, generally, anybody who has worked for over three has a degree of loyalty. This is an issue which cannot be ignored. If one has worked for three years, for heaven sake, he should enjoy some pension. When we look at pensions and five years having been the set minimum previously, it is too long a period. Let us stick to three years. This is going to be possible even for those who are on contract of three years so that after their three years term, they can be eligible for pension. But it is also good to mention that when we hear of an employer who is deferring one’s pension until he is 55 years old, it is very worrying. How do they expect you to go and utilize your pension when you have been out for the last ten years? You retired at 40 years old, you have been out for the other 15 years, you are expected to go and get your lumpsum or whatever pension they feel that your are entitled to after 55 years. Surely, it is wrong! This pension should be made available immediately after you retire; immediately after you have stopped your employment and preferable if you have served for the three years, you should go home with the pension so that you can utilize it when you are still strong enough, when you can be productive and when you even have other sources of income which you can combine forces and maybe do something worthwhile which can sustain you in the long term. But when you are only told: “Wait until you are 55 years old!” it will be too late. It is good for us to think in terms of how one can start enjoying pension early enough so that you can become productive at an early date. It is also good to mention that the issue of retirement age cannot be ignored at this stage. When we talk of retirement age being pushed up to 60 years, we understand the"
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