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    "id": 176119,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/176119/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwatela",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 103,
        "legal_name": "Andrew Calist Mwatela",
        "slug": "andrew-mwatela"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The TSC effects deductions from teachers' pay to insurance companies and hire purchase firms on instructions in writing from individual teachers. Unauthorized deductions are not allowed. (b) Teachers' pension benefits involve two Ministries; the Ministry of Education, which processes pension claims and the Ministry of Finance which, issues the income tax clearance certificates and effects payments. The delays are caused by the following:- (i) slow processing of teachers' benefits is due to the involvement of various Government agencies, which my Ministry does not have control over. In view of this, I have requested the December 9, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3931 relevant Government departments to assist in hastening this process. (ii) Some teachers take long to forward documents required for processing of pension claims. Some retirees who have tax liabilities fail to clear with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in time. (c) My Ministry is in discussion with the Pensions Department of Treasury and the KRA to speed up the payment of teachers' retirement benefits. The TSC has also started to issue retirement notices to teachers two years before retirement to give them ample time to forward their documents. The TSC is also automating the pensions process, which is expected to be operational in the second half 2009. The automation will drastically reduce the period taken to process pension claims. There are many players involved in the pension process, and it would be difficult to pinpoint an individual for surcharge purposes."
}