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    "id": 1477755,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Statement by the Senator for Nandi County. Indeed, in this country, we have failed to embrace and leverage technology to ensure we do things right. The issue of ghost workers has been discussed several in this country. We have been told that many people are finding their way into payrolls and pension schemes, but they are ghost workers. In an age of Information Technology and the internet, this should be a question of pressing a button and knowing who was born when, who died when, and who is employed where. It is convenient for those in the leadership and those running the organization not to explore this matter, not to even interrogate, and not to lay bare because they benefit from the ghost workers. Moving forward, it is high time that we look at laws that enforce the application of technology and the leveraging of applications that make it foolproof, that they cannot exceed the time you are supposed to be employed. If you are employed by age 20, when retirement comes, you have to exit, which is mandatory. However, in a country where death certificates are issued, people continue to draw pensions even long after they have passed on. Most county governments have huge payrolls, and some of them are ghost workers. The only way to address this is to ensure that once people are employed, they are made public; this information is put in the application, and once they retire again, this application will automatically prompt their dismissal, and they will be removed from the payroll. As I conclude, we have a responsibility as Kenyans to ensure that this country runs because it is not only bigger than us; it belongs to every one of us. As leaders today, we have a responsibility to ensure that we lay a firm foundation for the future generations who are coming to this country. This is why we cannot afford to segregate this country into counties, ethnic groups and lines. We must stand as a nation and count all to be counted. Thank you."
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