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    "id": 181701,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motions:- A BILL TO AMEND THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT THAT, in view of the suffering occasioned by the Retirement Benefits laws to employees, prohibiting them from accessing their contributions and those of their employers upon leaving employment before the mandatory retirement age; this House do grant leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament to amend the Retirement Benefits Act to provide for occupational retirement benefit schemes and regulations made by the Minister under Section 55 of the Act, to ensure a member leaving employment after three years of membership shall, therefore, be entitled to a refund of his or her contribution, together with the investment income accrued thereon and payment of the employer's contribution together with investment income accrued thereon and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith. INTRODUCTION OF SQUATTERS FUND BILL THAT, being aware of the serious problem of squatters and landlessness in Kenya today, and the lack of a clear policy and legal framework to deal with the same; considering the efforts made by the Government so far in settling about 22,000 squatters on 11 farms in certain parts of Kenya without a clear criteria or structures to guide the process; appreciating the need to establish a Fund to facilitate a continuous squatter settlement process with proper structures and criteria for identification of genuine squatters in an open, transparent and consultative manner; this House do grant leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament to be known as \"The Squatters Fund Bill, 2008\", to establish a fund for purposes of continuous squatter settlement and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith. A BILL TO AMEND THE LATF ACT THAT, appreciating the importance of bursaries in supporting bright children from poor families access education in Kenya; noting the huge demand October 29, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3121 that completely outstrips the bursaries available under the Ministry of Education, the CDF and some local authorities; conscious of the need to harmonise and regulate the said bursary schemes so as to avail enough resources to support such children, being aware that whereas the CDF Act provides for 15 per cent of the funds allocated to be specifically set aside for bursaries, the LATF Act, No.8 of 1998, does not; this House do grant leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament to amend the LATF Act, No.8 of 1998, to provide for 15 per cent of the funds allocated annually under the said Act, through the Local Government Vote, to be set aside for bursaries to be issued through all the 175 local authorities in Kenya to bright children from poor families."
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