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    "id": 1538186,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "So, I urge us to be honest with ourselves, irrespective of whichever political direction we will take moving forward. The political formations could even change as we go towards the election. Let us be honest with our people. Let us be honest to our nation. Let us not make statements in public that we know are complete lies. I urge so even us we move forward together. There is a matter before the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning about the non-remittance of pensions for pensioners. We have more than Ksh64 billion owed to pensioners, especially from water agencies, universities, and many other state agencies. Accounting officers of these agencies remit salaries to their employees and deduct pension, but they do not remit it to the pension fund. Therefore, we have people who dedicate many years of their service to this Republic, only for them to retire and find no money for their pension. I want to urge all of us in the committees to serve. We will be discussing the Appropriations Bill and the Annual Estimates here. Let us ensure that our entities work, especially on the disbursement of pension funds, so that when people retire, they have their pensions ready. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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