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    "id": 1506304,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1506304/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Yes, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Thank you for this opportunity. Allow me to first thank Hon. Makali Mulu for moving this Bill. I also thank Hon. Mwadime who is the Governor of Taita Taveta. He was the original sponsor of this Bill in the last Parliament. It is good that Hon. Makali Mulu has taken it up. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank you for your indulgence for allowing us to move to Order No. 13 so that we do not lose this Bill again. It is a very important Bill. I do not want to belabour what has already been said. I will just point out a few things. I was worried when I heard Hon. Makali Mulu talk about Government contributing for a year to take care of medical expenses of former Members of Parliament. I was wondering where he found that in the Bill. He just informed me that it was something he was just saying that we should add. I thought I should start from there. Without anticipating debate, Hon. Deputy Speaker, and with your indulgence, I just want to inform the House that the Tax Procedures Bill is part of the laws that are before this House and due for Second Reading. It has a provision making tax-deductible post-retirement medical contributions of up to Ksh20,000, down from Ksh10,000. Members of Parliament and Kenyans who are in employment today can contribute to a post-retirement medical scheme. One is allowed to contribute up to Ksh20,000 per month, that is, a total of Ksh240,000 a year before taxation. It becomes a tax-deductible expense. That is to encourage us to contribute to post-retirement medical schemes when we are in active service because it will come in handy. We do not need to ever go back to public coffers to pay for people who are in retirement. I know Hon. Makali Mulu, who is in the same profession as me, is getting it from the private sector, although he worked in the public sector. In the private sector, many companies pay medical cover for their staff post-retirement for at least a year as one is naturalised to the"
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