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    "id": 1506258,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 5 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. I want to start by appreciating the opportunity granted to me to move this important Bill. Members need to note that this Bill touches on a Member of Parliament. We have an Act of Parliament that takes care of our pension, the Pensions Act (Cap.189). The Act was enacted before the new Constitution, 2010. Even though Parliament took time to harmonise Acts of Parliament with the new Constitution, unfortunately it is when we are harmonising our own Act, the Pensions Act (Cap.189) 13 years after the promulgation of the new Constitution. That shows how unfair we have been to ourselves. This Bill was initiated by the current Governor of Taita Taveta County, Hon. Mwadime when he was a Member of Parliament. However, it never saw the light of day. We worked very closely with him then. In fact, we had agreed that I would second the Bill then. God was so gracious to him; he is now the Governor of Taita Taveta County. After the 13th Parliament was elected and sworn in, I took over this Bill so that we pass it into law. The essence of this Bill is to harmonise the Pensions Act (Cap.189) with the new Constitution. The new Constitution created a number of new institutions. One of them was the Senate, which was not there when the Pensions Act (Cap.189) was enacted and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). The other institution that was also created and has become a constitutional commission is the Parliamentary Service Commission. Before the new"
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