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    "id": 346462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am actually seated in the Second Row and not in the Front Bench. I have also seen Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o speak from the Second Row as opposed from the Front Bench. However, I was saying that I oppose this Bill. Unfortunately, it is a Bill that affects colleagues who are among us. One of the things that are clear to me is that these individuals or office bearers serve in institutions that have pension schemes. It may be useful if their concerns were addressed within the framework of the pension schemes in those institutions. If we are not careful – taking the words of the Minister, he has said that if we had money, he would have included many other State officers. If that becomes the trend in the Ministry of Finance then that means that this country will become a country of pensioners and I doubt whether we will afford that. Section 5 of the Bill says that a retirement - in this case of a Speaker of the National Assembly, the Deputy or Chief Justice - during his or her lifetime will get a monthly pension equal to 80 per cent of his salary. Assume, and this is possible in the coming Parliament that Dr. Nuh becomes the Speaker of this Assembly. He is not with us now but I think he is one of the youngest Members or he could be the youngest Member of Parliament. It means that for the coming number of years, and he looks like he can be"
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