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    "id": 63602,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musyoka",
    "speaker_title": "The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 188,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The said officer, No. 5944, was appointed as a prison warder on the 1st of September, 1957 – a very senior citizen – and retired on 29th July, 1968. His pension claim documents were submitted to the Pensions Department on 23rd July, 1968. The retirement benefits were then processed and he was awarded a committed pension gratuity of Kshs2, 295.85 along with a monthly pension of Kshs45.90 with effect from 29th July, 1968. The gratuity was paid on 8th of December, 1969, along with his monthly pension arrears with effect from 29th July, 1968, to the 30th of November, 1968, totaling Kshs2,483.90. the officer was later introduced into the payroll with effect from 1st December, 1968 and his monthly pension cheques were mailed to his postal address, care of ACC Mugaria Intermediate School, P.O. Box 443 Thika until the 1st of March, 2000, when his pay point was changed to the Office of the District Officer in Kandara following his instructions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 1st March, 2002, the Government stopped remitting pension payments through the Provincial Administration and District Treasury offices. Consequently, Mr. Njuguna’s pension was remitted through account No. KPSF 36575, Post Bank, Kandara until 1st September, 2003, when it was stopped due to returns from Postbank as a result of non-collection. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the pensioner later wrote to the department in 2004 requesting the payment of his returned pension but did not provide details of his bank account. The department responded to him in a letter dated 8th June, 2004, and advised him to submit his bank account details to enable payment of his dues. He, however, did not respond to the request until July, 2010, when he submitted an account number. At this time, the department was in the process of transferring his data from an old information technology system to the new pension management information system. Presently, his pending dues include the returned pension and monthly pension arrears with effect from 1st September, 2010, and pension arrears increases with effect from 1st July, 2005, when the minimum pension was raised to Kshs2,000 per month. A subsequent increase raised the minimum pension to Kshs2, 300 with effect from 1st July, 2007, and Kshs2, 600 with effect from 1st July, 2009, to date. (b) The pension formula provided under the Pensions Act, Chapter 189, at the time Mr. Njuguna retired was one to 600. Presently, that has now been reduced to one to 408. The pensioner is required to provide the Pensions Department with the following documents so as to reactivate payment of his dues. One, full bank details. Secondly, copy of his bank card; and, thirdly, copy his national identity card certified by the area chief. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
}