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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 41,
        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "The other thing that this Bill intends to do is to offer facilitation for employment. It will again afford them an opportunity. These are not politicians but individuals who have served in the disciplined forces and, therefore, they are trained. I am sure we have hon. Col. (Rtd) Dido Rasso here who will also be seconding our newly nominated Cabinet Secretary; the hon. Maj-Gen. Nkaissery and many others. I have not seen hon. J.M. Nyaga here. We have quite a number of them who have positively made contribution to this country. When you are called a member of the disciplined forces, the modus operandi is different. The way I operate as a politician and the way they are trained are completely different. These are people who are normally reserved, highly skilled and precise. Therefore, we need to utilize them and ensure that we give them an opportunity to serve us. We should provide them the modus operandi ; an institutionally driven mechanism that will ensure that these individuals get opportunities to get other employment opportunities; instead of them rotting in their rural villages with all the skills. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in law there is something in the Criminal Procedure Code called gathering; this facility will give them a legal mechanism to gather as members of military veterans to discuss their welfare with proper supervision of those active and still serving members of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). The other bit is the facilitation of advice and business opportunities. One other objective of this Bill is to ensure that the moment you exit, you have a mechanism that will give you an opportunity that will guide you on business opportunities and other investment opportunities, and ensure that whatever the likely benefit that you get from your services, is invested in a prudent and commercially viable project that will give you, at least, some earning at the end of the month. The other thing is to provide pension advice, and this is critical. This is because service delivery for those of us here, whether you are on contract or you are on permanent and pensionable terms, at the end of your term you expect something. Let us be realistic; sovereignty is equated to representation. But if that sovereignty and representation is not matched with some benefit at the end of the month, I do not think all of us here will be willing to volunteer; however magnanimous or big it may sound. This is why it is critical that having served diligently – having been a member of one of the most elite institutions in the Republic of Kenya; what happens to you after that service and you are still alive? That is why the issue of pension and pension advice will be critical and is being proposed in this Bill. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other bit is access to health care. Health care does not mean that the State must pay. In the Kenyan context, there is an attempt to equate everything with the provision of State services. The State can also play a facilitative role and, therefore, what this Bill intends to do is to provide a legal mechanism where the State will be obligated to provide a facilitative role to these unique Kenyans in the health services. The other bit is the issue of housing. How do you assist them? When this Bill is enacted, even those who are serving will know that, when you are approaching retirement day or you are about to retire, as you exit, you also become a member of another entity. Therefore, you prepare yourself socially, financially and you know that there is an entity that is going to provide you with the services that you require in your retirement. That is 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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