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    "content": "somebody Kshs3,000, Kshs2,500 or even Kshs7,000 minus the transport expenses and accommodation, does it really make sense? Should we give somebody the opportunity to choose whether he wants to be paid one time lump-sum amount which he can invest somewhere and find good use for, instead of pretending that we are paying Kshs3,000 which only adds to the frustration to somebody who is in his later years. Some of those people are over 50 years of age with an extended family, including their children and grand children. Everybody will know that the person has gone for his pension. So, by the time he arrives home, he is more frustrated than when he left. I think we should really reconsider what we pay people and what we refer to as retirement benefits. Let a benefit be truly be a benefit and not a source of frustration. When someone tries to budget something so paltry, he cannot find a way of dealing with it. Lastly, in dealing with this, we must find a way of ensuring that those who have been listed as next of kin or beneficiaries in somebody’s early life, for example, if somebody filled forms at the age of 21 years and you do not call him to update it after 40 years, when he dies, the person who was listed as the beneficiary, there is always an issue around the benefits. I have attended many funerals in my life. It is sometimes very easy to sort out issues around a woman’s death. However, when you attend the burial of a middle-aged man, to my surprise, there are always issues. This can be sorted out if you remind everybody to update their files every six months. Every six months is reasonable enough. Don not you think so, Sen. Kajwang?"
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