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    "id": 289131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Samoei",
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        "legal_name": "William Samoei Ruto",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity. I would like to say that we are in a country of very strange happenings because we are forced, as a House, to debate this Motion because somebody has simply refused to do what he or she is supposed to do. What the teachers are asking is what is provided for in law. When a Kenyan works and retires, he or she is entitled to a pension. It is not a favour; it is not a grant; it is their dues. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what we are faced with here now is to discuss how Kenyans who have tirelessly worked for their nation, in a very noble profession, in teaching, are living in conditions that are completely undesirable because their dues are being withheld without reason. What is being presented by the Government here does not amount to a reason. I do not know the opinion of the Attorney-General. These are basically excuses and they have no room in a democratic society like ours that senior citizens who have given everything, namely their talent, expertise and have made a lot of effort in making a contribution towards making this country better have to resort to paying lawyers to go to court so that they can get what is due to them. I do not think it is right. We are making this country look like the animal farm where there are animals which are more equal than others. There are some who are paid their dues, there are some who are supposed to go to court to demand what they should get by right."
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