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    "id": 1506398,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Musa Sirma",
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    "content": "Parliament. We all joined hands and created the PSC. Despite being on the then Government side, I voted for it since it was affecting my life. It is time Members stood up and fought for what is ours no matter the party interests or individual fears that hold back bettering their lives. I was here for 15 years and was out for some time. I have seen it all. We can be happy when we are still here, but once we are out there, it is a problem. I also want to talk about the people who have made the former Members out there a bit comfortable. One of them is Dr Njuguna, the former Member for Gatanga, who with other Members, created the Former Members of Parliament Association (FOPA) Kenya. I also became a member and I am still a Member. The FOPA membership consists of former, prospective, and current Members. It is time to make that decision. It is either we do it now or wait and see how the vagaries of this will treat us. The PSC has people of integrity. I wish one day I will serve as a commissioner so that I can also become part of the people who make history in this House. If we can get our money, keep it and invest as other pension schemes do, this Government would not be going out of the country to borrow. They would be borrowing from pension schemes in Kenya to run the Government. It is time Members of Parliament stood up for themselves, look ourselves in the eye and say it is our time. Nobody is interested in us after we leave the gate of this House. When I retired, I decided not to come to this House even to visit a friend. I decided to respect the people's will that I should not be in Parliament. For 10 years, I did not come to Parliament, but finally, I am back. I had no business being here since pension was not in Parliament. If our pension is moved to the PSC, I will be coming to look for my pension here if there is any issue. Members of Parliament, let us think about ourselves and also think about those we leave behind and those who have retired. I have not read the whole Bill, but through Hon. Makali Mulu’s Bill, former Members of Parliament, who are languishing in poverty, will be taken care of. They should even be given a send-off package. They went with nothing. I know a person who served here for 15 years, but he has nothing. He does not even have a car. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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