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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. On a lighter note, I was trying to follow the contribution of my colleague, Sen. Cherarkey, and I was a bit confused because I did not know whether this Bill would now give Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) or the county assemblies money. He said you should not be waiting for County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) to give you money. He also continued to address other important issues. It is always interesting when you sit down here to listen to the Senator. Even if you were dozing you cannot continue because he will say something very drastic that will just get you up. This issue of pension is very pertinent. As Parliament, we must also consider putting some form of discipline into the issue of pension schemes. I know my good friend, the Senate Majority Leader, means well by looking at a way of establishing a pension scheme that will take care of the interests of all county assemblies and their staff. However, I am afraid that my good friend is just opening up a can of worms. In the last Parliament where I sat with him, we were trying to collapse the two; Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPFUND) and Local Authorities Pension Trust (LAPTRUST) into one scheme. The amount of lobbying and fights that we got, did not get us anywhere. Earlier, there was a statement which was brought by Sen. Faki that raised serious questions in terms of the management of pensions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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