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    "id": 1376078,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Alego Usonga, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samuel Atandi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was saying that we need to separate people working for the private sector and those in the public sector. In my view, those in the private sector need to retire earlier than those in the public sector. We often need people to stay longer in the public service because of the preservation of history and continuity. Some countries have given us good examples of how to manage the retirement age. In Thailand, the retirement age is 55 years because the youth are the majority. They keep increasing the retirement age every year because they check the advancement of those ages vis-à-vis the available resources. Earlier on, I mentioned that were it not that this Bill was brought by a close friend of mine, I would oppose it in totality. This is not something we need to put into law. If we put it into law and tomorrow the demographic trend changes such that we have a majority of older people, then we will be forced to increase the retirement age and not reduce it. If the youths are more, then you should lower it. Right now, we need to have it at the age of 55 years or 50 years because we have more youths in our population. Where will all those graduates get jobs from? Let the older people leave early. This will create vacancies for the youthful generation. Thank you."
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