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    "id": 1381331,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13598,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Seki Kanar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support this Motion on county governments' non-remittance of pensions to these pension schemes. I really wonder why counties are unable to remit these monies to the pension schemes. This is a 12 per cent deduction from the employee and 15 per cent by the employer. Why are they unable to remit these deductions, considering that much of the money is from the employees? Employees earn meagre salaries after these deductions. We should ask the governors to explain this. I support the idea of the Senator of Taita Taveta. We need to bring these governors to the Committee of the Whole to explain why they cannot remit these monies. The retirees and those who are about to retire expect these monies to be remitted so they can get their pensions. These are individuals who are 60 years and above. Others have died before receiving their pension. We need to understand why county governments are killing devolution by not remitting money that belongs to employees and those who have already retired. This Motion is timely. We want to know what the county governments are doing to reduce the pending bills. These are pending bills that are not supposed to occur because this money has been budgeted for. County governments give the Controller of Budget (CoB) requisitions regarding personnel emoluments. This means that priorities are diverted when monies go to counties. We should put the CoB to task regarding why there are pending bills. I thank the CPICSF for bringing up this inquiry and this Motion to the Senate. I support."
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