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    "id": 1380142,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have listed other observations in the Report. The ones I have highlighted are the most crucial that the Committee considered. Out of the observations, the Committee has come up with watertight recommendations with an intention of ensuring this Senate helps the pensioners get the rightful and legally money owed. Allow me to go through the recommendations, which are well thought-out and generated after extensive engagement with the stakeholders. The Committee has recommended the following – THAT the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury and Economic Planning establishes a multi-agency task force within 30 days of the adoption of this Report by the Senate. The agency task force will comprise the following – A representative of the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the National Treasury, Attorney General, CEO of County Pension Fund (CPF)/LAPTRUST, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LAPFUND, the Controller of Budget(CoB), CEO of NSSF, CEO of Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA), CEO Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC), leadership of County Assembly Forum (CAF), Chair of the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Chair of County Executive Committee Member(CECM) of Finance caucus or their respective representative. The idea behind this was to have a structured way of dealing with this problem, particularly of agreeing on the balances that are due to the pension scheme by the county governments. The balances, we thought would likely be contentious. The Taskforce shall - (1) Establish the actual pension liabilities by reconciling and harmonizing the amounts owed, including the principal amount owed, the accrued interest, and accumulated penalties. (2) In the reconciliation, the Task Force shall ensure that the contribution rates of chargeable interest levied and accumulated penalties on non-remitted contributions are per the law and regulation establishing each scheme. We had to put in this because we noted that this was the best approach to dealing with the issue of the charges and the interest. There is every possibility that there was a need to ensure that the interest and penalties charged were within the law and reasonable. The other critical function of this task force was to develop specific strategies for implementing the Senate recommendations. Further, they are expected to develop an appropriate formula and framework for paying pension liabilities that will enable the county governments to clear the outstanding pension debt. Further, they will be expected to submit a bi-weekly, status report to the Senate on its activities. This is the internal mechanism the Committee has put in, to ensure that this House monitors the implementation of its recommendation. Lastly, this task force is expected to submit a final report to the Senate within 60 days of its establishment. So, within 30 days, after passing of this Report, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning is supposed to set up and gazette"
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