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    "id": 1381408,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13582,
        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "It is not lost to us that most of the developed countries use their pension to fund infrastructural development projects. Therefore, they develop their funds and the wealth of their nationalities. By so doing, they ensure that as people retire, their pensions are well taken care of. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to realize that the county governments--- At this juncture, I would like to take exemption to praise the Governor of Nyeri County, mwalimu Hon. Mutahi Kahiga, for making it possible that Nyeri County does not have any pending bills. It is one of the counties that have religiously remitted all the deductions. This is because he shares with me the belief that human capital development is an equally important part of development. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we look at the common best practices in other countries, we realize that pension and deductions by employees are not held back. This is because the laws governing those countries are very punitive. The question is: Why do we not make it mandatory as recommended by the CPISFC and make the statutory deductions as the first charge and forward them as they are deducted? Unless we change the way we do things, we will continue to have a demotivated and demoralized workforce yet we expect them to deliver. This will largely remain a mirage. A demoralized workforce cannot deliver on anything. Mr. Speaker, Sir, moving forward, if all those officers, be it governors or Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of organizations, do not remit pensions and statutory deductions, then we must put mechanisms in place and ensure they are followed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my office, I have a list of retired teachers who worked for the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) and have not gotten their pension. Some are struggling with ill health with no means of survival."
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