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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Therefore, the definitions are now important. When we say Parliament, now we know we mean two. When we say child, that I think has been talked about. When we talk of loss of gratuity for pension, for victory after the first term, when you come to age or when you come to gender all these are now just definitions that arise from that. When we come to gender, I think it was definitely a discrimination, actually not just against men, but also against women as well. Because if the spouses of men are benefiting, why should the spouses of women not benefit? I had the opportunity to work at a time when my wife was a district head and I was just a paediatrician and so I was known as the husband. Now I also decided every time I must benefit. If spouses are going somewhere, I must go. So that was discriminatory. And then if we look at the issue of widows and widowers, again, that is discrimination. Why would it be that the spouses of Members of Parliament who are ladies, if they die, their spouses are not supported? Unfortunately, the truth is men tend to die earlier than women in many cases. Even if we look at the Bible, there is a lot of support for widows. We do not read much about widowers in the Bible. But I think we now know better and we should take care of that. The clauses actually take care of that. Death gratuity takes care of the family and all members, whether male or female. When we look at structures in Clauses 14 to 16 on the Pension Committee, the membership must, therefore, change because now we have two Houses of Parliament. So, if there is a Speaker on one side, the other Speaker of the other House must also be there. So, again, it is just structure. If we look at the tribunal, again, it must take into consideration that there are two Houses of Parliament so that the membership is also the same. I thank you."
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