{"id":494791,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/494791/?format=json","text_counter":10,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Ms.) B.N. Nyaga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1051,"legal_name":"Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga","slug":"beatrice-nkatha-nyaga"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to present a petition by Mr. Caston Kamaru Kithinji from my county; on delay of his retirement benefits. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Mr. Caston Kamaru Kithinji, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, Mr. Caston Kamaru Kithinji was employed by the Government of Kenya in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource on 1st March, 1978 as Support Staff (SS) II, Job Group B with a Salary of Kshs. 2,155 per month; THAT, the officer applied for early retirement on 13th February, 1994 and that his application was approved on 14th December, 1994 to be effective from 1st January, 1995; THAT, his benefits under the Voluntary Early Retirement (V.E.R) for the years he had worked including the Golden Handshake amounted to Kshs.186,260; THAT, the petitioner was informed vide a letter dated 14th December, 1994 that he would be paid his dues latest 31st December, 1994; THAT, to date the petitioner has not been paid his dues as had been stated in the letter dated 14th December, 1994; THAT, failure by the Government to pay the petitioner has forced him and his family to live in abject poverty; and THAT, the matter in respect of which this petition is made, is not pending before any court of law;"}