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    "id": 336150,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to present a petition from Amkeni Retirees CBO on behalf of Government pensioners. They are drawing Parliament to the attention of the following grievances for redress. They want an amendment through a review of the amendment to the Pensions Act of 1996 which does not allow increment of pension when general salaries have been revised. They are also drawing attention to Paragraph 70 of Sessional Paper No.3 of 1987 which they are asking should be implemented accordingly. They are also asking for a minimum monthly pension of Kshs10,000 and also a 10 per cent annual pension rise. They are drawing attention to the lack of health services and calling for a medical scheme to mitigate poverty and the suffering of many pensioners. Their specific prayer, therefore, is for the Government to establish a revolving fund for retirees in order to alleviate poverty. In particular, they are calling upon the Government to immediately pay the unfulfilled payment of pension arrears for teachers who retired before 2003 before benefitting fully from the salary increment negotiated by KNUT. This was before 1997. They are asking for the delayed benefits to the retrenchees of 2000 by the Government. They are also asking for the delayed payment of gratuities and pensions to civil servants, including teachers. They humbly ask Parliament to look into these issues. It is very similar to the petition that has just been presented by Mr. Mututho. I would like to urge the Government to take these issues very seriously and pay any arrears that are pending. I am glad that the Minister for Finance is here. He had promised to pay pensioners – the retiree teachers – by December last year and yet we are in another December. This matter needs to be attended to."
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