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    "id": 382263,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I concur with the Senator who brought these amendments. To me, the Motion will now have more power and teeth, as it is suggested here. I hope the Senators who will work on the Bill will come up with it within the three months proposed here. The reason we need to come up with the Bill is so that any officer in the central Government or whoever else is processing compensation for officers who have retired or officers who have since passed on, do not feel neglected in our country. This Bill, as it will be generated, I hope it will bring hope and sanity into the lives of the people who have been affected seriously. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is a lot of celebration and joy when a new Kenyan is born. There is a lot of celebration and joy when somebody gets a new job. However, when somebody retires or dies, agony sets in when he claims his pensions or when the next of kin claims benefits of the deceased. I hope this Select Committee will capture the pain we are talking about here. Many families have almost experienced hell on earth trying to get their benefits after the breadwinner has retired or died. For example, there is an administration police officer who lost his life in the line of duty almost eight years ago. But his peasant parents have never accessed his benefits. They come to Nairobi and they are sent to the Public Trustee. After five years of struggling to get his benefits, they are told by the Public Trustee that they have opened a new office in Nakuru. They advise them to go to Nakuru to lodge their claim there. From Nakuru, they have been told to go to the KTDA Office Buildings in Eldoret. They are looking for only Kshs250,000. The question is: How much money have they spent in pursuit of these peanuts? They have sold all the cows they had. Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o talked about the Pensions Act which spells out exactly which penalties are supposed to be levied. I am hoping that when this Bill comes before the Floor of this House, we shall debate it, pass it and take it immediately to the highest office in the land to be assented to. Kenyans should not continue with their usual manners of keeping files and documents as though nothing has taken place. The Pensions Act is law and it should have been operationalised long time ago. I think officers working in the Public Trustees Office should have been punished a long time ago and some sent home for not implementing this Act. I even wonder whether officers working in this office ever retire. If they do retire, are they also subjected to the same trauma and drama that these other Kenyans go through? Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the proposed amendments. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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