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    "id": 1380138,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13588,
        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the second observation was that there has been a significant increase in debts owed to pension schemes post-devolution. This disease did not end at the commencement of devolution. It has continued to date. Therefore, the outstanding debts owed to LAPFUND is totaling to Kshs57.5 billion out of which Kshs6.9 billion was inherited from the defunct local authorities- pre-devolution. It was observed that Kshs50.6 billion was owed by the county governments, post- devolution. The same was observed in the data provided by the other pension schemes. The outstanding debt owed to Local Authorities Pensions Trust (LAPTRUST) by the county governments stood at Kshs33.5 billion, out of which Kshs10.9 billion represented the debt owed pre-devolution, while Kshs22.5 billion represented the debt owed post- devolution. In the case of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the debt inherited from the defunct local authorities totaled to Kshs1,873,078,769 while the debt owed by county governments totaled to Kshs2.7 billion. The Committee also noted that the debts owed by the defunct local authorities were not transferred effectively thus bringing challenges in their payments. The third major observation was that there has been an accumulation of penalties and interest due to the delay in remittance of the pension deductions and contributions. For instance, out of the Kshs2.7 billion owed to NSSF by county governments, Kshs2"
}