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    "content": "I want to thank you for the opportunity and I feel heavily indebted to my good brother Sen. Obure of Kisii for bringing this very important Motion to this House. A Motion to establish this Bureau is long overdue, and I want to thank him for bringing it at this stage. I have seen over the years that I have been a public servant, so many people suffer in the name of chasing their benefits in Nairobi. As a Member of Parliament, I have received so many cases of people following up their pensions with the Pensions Department, and I want to say that this is going to be a solution to this. We have seen numerous Parliamentary Questions on why so-and-so has not been paid since their retirement. It is very shameful for a country to subject their senior citizens to that kind of treatment. These are people who have dedicated most of their lives serving the nation; then they spend the rest of their lives after retirement chasing for their benefits. This Motion is the solution. I want to ask the Committee on Implementation to ensure that once we pass this Motion, the implementation is done to the letter. I know in the Ninth or Tenth Parliament, Sen. Musila brought a Motion and subsequently a Bill similar to this in the Parliament and the Bill went through. But even after we passed the Bill, I have seen so many people still suffering; they do not get their dues in the three months that were prescribed in the Bill. Therefore I want to urge the Senate Committee on Implementation to ensure that this is implemented to the letter. I beg to support."
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