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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Maj-Gen.) Nkaissery",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. On the outset, I want to thank hon. Keynan for bringing this very, very important Bill. This is an opportune Bill which aims at improving the welfare of former Members of Parliament. Some of them are living in squalor and in harsh conditions. My friend, hon. Keynan, has seen it fit that we should have a Parliamentary Society of Kenya to look at the welfare of former parliamentarians. If this Bill is passed and approved, we will address the issue of the data bank of former Members of Parliament. When you want to look for experience in getting people to lead certain national institutions, then we have that data bank where you can have former leaders and people of credibility who can lead those institutions. So, this Bill is for that purpose. When you look at what we have today in our Parliament, we have an insurance scheme. We have a medical scheme. This Bill should come up with an article on continuation of the services that we now enjoy. If you had been a Member of Parliament, you need to continue with that insurance. If you had been a Member of Parliament, you need to continue with the medical scheme. It is contributory and so, you cannot just belong to a society and you are not contributing to it. That way, we will know that when you leave here, your health and life is taken care of. I want also to suggest that, in the Committee of the whole House, that we propose an amendment to say that, instead of having a patron, we need to have a board of trustees composed of hon. Members, former Members and people of credibility and integrity. You cannot just say: “We want a former president!” Suppose that former president is rogue? How can you have him as your patron? So, you cannot just say: “A former president.” We can say: “Former Members of Parliament and people of credibility and integrity.” They can be people who can lead that society. I do not want to belabor on the squalid conditions that some of our former Members live in. But it is also important that when you come to this House, you come to show leadership. That is because when you leave this House, we want the members of the society to be leaders and people who will be in charge of other members. For example, an institution like NHIF, NSSF and other organizations which are of benefit to all Kenyans should be led by people who have been peoples’ representatives. If we approve the Parliamentary Society of Kenya, I think members of that society can occupy such positions. Whoever will be in authority will be in a position to look at the data bank and say: “We will get people from the Parliamentary Society of Kenya.” That is because at the moment, we have leaders in this country picking people at random. You just pick people because they come from your community or they are your friends. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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