{"id":169717,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/169717/?format=json","text_counter":224,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Otieno","speaker_title":"The Minister of State for Public Service","speaker":null,"content":"For non-pensionable officers, the \"golden handshake\" was Kshs40,000; they were also to receive severance pay of two-and-a-half months of basic salary for every completed year of service, and then a compassionate gratuity for officers employed in the service prior to 1st April, 1966 for male employees and 1st January, 1977 for female employees."}