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    "id": 1499796,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "LAP Trust Umbrella Retirement Fund shall be transitioned into the scheme within six months upon the commencement of this Act. Right now, we have left the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and Kenya is transitioning to the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and the Social Health Authority (SHA). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there has been a lot of uncertainties because when we were writing the law, the savings and transition provisions were not clear. It is not enough to say that within six months, you will be automatic members of the other side. What happens to those contributions within that period of time? What happens to the people who are working in the other provident funds? Will they be absorbed? This whole part on savings and transition is only three clauses. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am inviting, again, the eventual consumer of this law, the county assemblies and CAF to look at the proper transition clauses that can be put in here. If you are listening to me, it would be useful to have clarity on every issue surrounding the provident funds you are already serving in. For example, there is an obvious clause here, that the provident funds you are already serving in should produce statements within the six months. These statements should be transitioned and the automatic operationalization of your accounts should be transitioned. If new accounts have been created, what is the process? Can these accounts be linked to your phone number and how are we going there? It should be that detailed so that you do not get problems. Right now, we are hearing about the NHIF, the SHIF and SHA. We do not want this kind of untidiness when we are transitioning from existing provident funds to this new one which is going to accommodate everyone. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second this Bill very strongly. I believe it is a way of helping the many Members of county assemblies who have served in this Republic and in Tana River County. This is so that when their term is over, they can live a decent life. I fully support this Bill. I urge every colleague who will stand here because we are the senior brothers in the devolution family; and because we are the ones who work with our brothers in the county assemblies, because we care and have seen what they have gone through, I urge that every Senator who will speak to this Bill will support it. I urge all of us to speak with one voice. If there is any divergent opinion, it should be to add to this Bill. I also pray that at the time of moving amendments, we should have close collaboration with CAF. They should invite their lawyers so that we can do a very thorough job. It should not be a law that is copy and paste. We should not just look at what other provident funds are doing and then copy paste because we do not want to apply our minds in it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I fully support this Bill and I beg to second. I thank you."
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