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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Emuhaya",
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    "content": "one term qualifies to get this pension. It is not easy for one to come here but it is very easy to leave here. When you leave, it is not easy for you to get another job outside there because people always rank you at a certain level. That includes you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. If you leave this House and get out there, nobody will want to touch you because they believe that you reached the apex of employment in this country. Therefore, this House should in future look into the prospect of giving pension to members who even served for one term, calculated pro rata to the one term service they have provided. Pension schemes are not only a threat to Members of Parliament but they are also a threat to teachers who have served and continue to serve as Members of Parliament. Back to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), we were told that the backlog of pensioners stands at 160,000 members. Later on, I will be bringing a Private Member’s Motion to Parliament about the backlog of pensions at the TSC. It is in hundreds of thousands. As this Committee goes to work, I want it to work well and reduce the backlogs. This House must also remember that most of the other workers out there, especially the teachers of Kenya, die before they get their pension. They die in very pathetic conditions. With those very few remarks, I support the Motion."
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