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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Committee is mandated, among other functions, to look into pensions, gratuities, refund of contributions, other allowances of the past and present Members of Parliament. In addition, this Committee is supposed to review the benefits before the Committee approves payments to Members and make a determination on payments of the said Members. This Committee works closely with the National Treasury to ensure that payments to Members are done promptly and accurately. This House is aware that the Committee is yet to be constituted. The rest of the other Members are there. Therefore, with the approval of these three Members, the Committee will be fully reconstituted for the 12th Parliament. There is a huge number of pending pensions applications lodged by Members of the 11th Parliament, which should be considered by this Committee. This backlog stands at 160 applications as of today that needs to be disposed of. Therefore, the formation of this Committee is paramount and timely. Members of Parliament, particularly the new ones, must look into this matter. This is one of the most unsecured jobs in Kenya. It is a job which you would do as you have what it takes, and you are still told that you do not look good and do not deserve to be re-elected. That is why about 68 per cent of former MPs lost their seats. Right now, the 160 Members who did not make it back to this House need to start a new life. They spend a lot of resources. I am sure that they wanted a new life. They should prepare themselves for the new challenges ahead in life. Therefore, I ask the colleagues that will be in this Committee to be different from the representatives from the Attorney General’s Office and the National Treasury. These are like 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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