Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1376042,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1376042/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 176,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangundo, GDDP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fabian Muli",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to add my voice to this Bill. It is true, indeed, that this Bill came to our Committee. I thank Hon. Mejjadonk, fellow Members in the said Committee, and the Secretariat for all the work they did on this Bill. When this Bill came to our Committee, there was a lot of cross fire on this retirement age. We have come to realise that the 60 years’ retirement age for Kenyans is very important. During submissions, some people were proposing, and I have also heard some Members say the same, that we should bring the retirement age to 55 years, while others proposed 57 and others 65 years. The case of persons living with disability is 65 years. The case for 55 years went to the crossfire in radio stations especially for teachers and parastatals. There were a lot of arguments that many members of the society have taken loans based on the retirement age of 60 years. You have a mortgage or a car loan pegged at the retirement age of 60 years. We came to find that if we lessen these years, we will disadvantage many civil servants. I also wish to clarify that it is not this Committee which has put it at 60 years. It was there before. The regulations stated that the retirement age is 60 years. It is only that we are making it an Act of law. Before then, it was in operation as a regulation for 60 years retirement age and for persons living with disability was 65 years. The Committee has not come up with a new retirement age. Hon. Mejjadonk just brought it in the Act which was in the regulation. The second issue was through many submissions that were put across with regard to acting in positions. Within the fraternity of the public sector in Kenya, there are many people who are in acting capacity. They are acting up to four or five years. When we did public participation and interactions with many officers, there were no reasons for somebody to act for more than two years. That is why we found that given the chance, the public sector should advertise the job, vet and employ within one year. That is why we said 12 months is enough to recruit an officer to run that office. This Bill is curing the issue of acting for more than one year. There are many existing director-generals even now and almost all of them are in acting capacity without any law that give a time frame. We came to find that because the law does not give a time or period which you can act, then there is a loophole. This law has cured that lacuna and now people cannot act for more than two years. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
}