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    "id": 1381370,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2263,
        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the report by the Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds. This is a disease that has been there since the days of county and municipal councils. As Sen. Oketch Gicheru said, by the close of 2012, defunct county councils owed pension schemes over Kshs9 billion. From 2013 up to now, the amount has risen from Kshs9 billion about Kshs82 billion. This basically means that governors have not been remitting pension deductions from 2013 up to now. It is not that money was and is not being send to the counties. Employees contribute 7.5 per cent of their salary and county governments add 15 per cent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we support what Sen. Thang’wa said that we invite governors here, so that they tell us where they take the money they deduct from employees. One reason is that governors over-budget resources from their Appropriation-in- Aid (A-in-A). If they do not meet their target at the end of the financial year, they divert deductions from employees to pay their cronies for development done at the expense of employees. There are many employees who have retired. Some have even died because they do not have the pension to sustain them. That is money that people contribute so that they can use to buy medicine and lead good lives during their sunset years. However, governors now and mayors and clerks of those days misused the money. That is why we are asking Members of this House to support this Report by passing it, so that the resolutions are implemented. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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