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    "id": 1380133,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Select Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds on non-remittance of pension deductions to the Pension Schemes by County Government entities laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 14th February, 2024. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the CPIC in its usual engagement with counties particularly water companies, noticed that most, if not all, water companies and even county governments had a problem with the non-remittance of pension deductions. The problem was twofold. We had non-remittance of pension by the defunct local authorities and the problem continued post-devolution. So, the Committee in its wisdom, of dealing with the problem which was a recurring query in most of the counties, decided to carry out an inquiry into this matter; that is the non-remittance of pension deduction by the county entities to the pension schemes. We noted that counties to date, since the days of the defunct local authorities, owe pensioners over Kshs80 billion with interest and our pensioners are languishing in poverty. Some of them have even passed on, some are very poor and others have been staging demonstrations at the two schemes; the Local Authority Fund (LAPF) and County Pension Fund (CPF). The Committee has undertaken this inquiry and has come up with several issues, which I am going to raise while moving this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, because of the interest and the huge amounts of money involved, we had an engagement with several stakeholders, and we received submissions as well. We had an engagement with the National Treasury and Economic Planning. I thank the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Prof. Njuguna Ndungu, for being very cooperative with the Committee; and the Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU), which is the trade union wing. We had the Local Authorities Pension Trust (LAPT) which post-devolution changed to the County Pension Fund (CPF). We had the Local Authority’s Provident Fund (LAPF); the Inter-Governmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC); the Council of Governors (CoG) particularly the County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) for Finance and Economic Planning; the Controller of Budget (CoB); the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA); the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF)."
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