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    "id": 193008,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kathuri",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 38,
        "legal_name": "Emilio Mureithi Kathuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister also addressed the issue of lumpsum payments to pensioners. It is very sad that we would want to pay lumpsum payment to pensioners over 65 years old. Surely, with all due respect, those are persons going to their graves. It is only good if we look at the age factor. That is a person who is not productive. Let me moderate my language. I would imagine that the Minister should have addressed the issue of lumpsum payment to any pensioner who has attained the age of 55 years because that is the official retirement age. When we talk of people enjoying lumpsum payment without taxation at the age of 65 years, it is really primitive to those who are below that age bracket because we know they are the ones who need the money more. I wish the Minister can assess that issue so that the lumpsum payments are also not taxable to anybody over the age of 55 years old. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would have been prudent for the Minister while addressing the issue of irrigation and water, for that matter, to have exempted taxation on tools used for irrigation. I specifically mean plastic pipes or any other instrument."
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