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    "id": 727632,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/727632/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank the Vice Chairperson and the Committee Chairperson for giving the response to this statement, however brief it is. Sen. Sang, just as many of us here, listened to the plight of the former councillors and their requests. This House, in its wisdom, unanimously supported it and the petition which I tabled here then. The Committee has interrogated it and they have told us what happened. However, we wanted to hear more about the County Pension Scheme Bill; the stage in which it is and whether the former councillors have been considered in it. We want to hear this pronounced clearly so that the governors, the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) and the employees of the counties know that this Bill will benefit them. That is my query which has to be answered now. Secondly, last week, the National Treasury tabled the Budget Statement before the National Assembly. Did it provide some money to cater for the welfare of the former councillors? Who does not know that these are people who made Kenya the way it is? Without them, our country could not be stable the way it is. What a pity that there is no clear road map on how they will be compensated during this financial year. Can she tell us whether this was captured in the Budget and the state of the County Pension Scheme Bill?"
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