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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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    "content": "Thank you for the clarity. If that is the position then, I stand to support this Bill. Of course, it has been argued in the past as to what it is about retirement? Is retirement leaving politics completely and keeping off like the former Prime Minister? If he is still active in politics, does he qualify to benefit from these benefits or any other person for that matter who has been indicated as an entitled person? Assuming that they are still in active politics, I think this is something that we need to look at as we go through the Second and Third Readings, where we will bring some amendments to put a lot of clarity into this Bill. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, is about the Deputy President. Now we have a Deputy President. Before, we used to have a Vice-President. Those are the likes of hon. Kalonzo Musyoka and the late Michael Wamalwa. Is it possible when we indicate Retired Deputy Presidents as their title when they served as Vice-Presidents? Do they still benefit based on the new Constitution because we used to have the Vice-President and now we have the Deputy President? Are they still entitled and, if so, is it that we can say Deputy President and former Vice-President so that we can be able to bring more clarity where nobody will, in future, come on board and say: “This one was not a Deputy President. He was a Vice-President and does not deserve the benefits?” Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that this Bill is good because it is true that we need to remember the people who have really brought a lot of gains to this country and we need to remember them. At some point, as somebody has just said, even us will retire and I hope we will find our way into this Bill, including you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I know you have really contributed a lot to this country. Thank you."
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