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    "id": 1507221,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
        "slug": "ledama-olekina"
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    "content": "I wish that the Senate Majority Leader would expound on this section. It should state that the authority shall take cognisance of the fact that sometimes the exchequer delays in remitting the money. I can see the time is running up, and you are trying to eat into my time. But it is okay. I wish that, my dear friend will, on this particular last sentence, which I am going to try and highlight, where you say that, “or any other day which may be notified in writing or approved by the authority.” You should go back to the function of the authority and indicate that they have to be cognizant of the delays by the exchequer. In fact, even editing this Clause could be “that upon receipt of the money by the assembly from the exchequer” because that is something you can prove. Today, we are here debating. We are still waiting. I am sure you are going to table CARA so we can divide the money among the 47 counties. I will finish with this one point because I know you really want to table CARA. Senate Majority Leader, change this Clause. Please make sure that we deny these pension schemes the interest and the penalties that they are using around to say that, for instance, Mandera County owes them Kshs6 billion. Yet, maybe the principal amount is only Kshs20 million. The amount of money they are using to go into counties and agree on asset swaps is based on that interest and penalty. Finally, as I promised, I will bring a Motion to this House to audit all these pension schemes to get value for money. For all teachers who are retired, even previous Members of the County Assemblies who have retired, their money, either money which has been paid to the National Security Social Fund (NSSF), money paid to Lap- Fund or Lap-Trust, has to be calculated based on the amount of benefit that those schemes have gotten using that money. Hypothetically, if someone has contributed about Kshs3 million based on their work, what is the value of that Kshs3 million compared to how much these schemes have benefited from that Kshs3 million? It cannot be that the schemes have billions of shillings worth of properties, yet their contributors are languishing in poverty. I support."
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