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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Motion but I want to set the record straight because to me it seems like Members imagine that the Pensions Management Committee simply looks at pensions of former or sitting Members. The Pensions Management Committee is one of the many arms of the PSC. It comprises of these three representatives from this House plus another group from the National Treasury and another group from the staff of Parliament. The three we will nominate will be sitting in a bigger group. The question we should be asking ourselves is: In approving the three names - Hon. Dan Wanyama, Hon. Rehema Dida Jaldesa and Hon. Andrew Mwadime - are we satisfied that they have what it takes to represent and understand the life of a Member of Parliament? Do they sufficiently understand the issues that Hon. Mbarire and the Leader of the Majority Party addressed? Do they know what the life of a Member of Parliament means? I say this because in the 10th Parliament, I had the privilege of serving as a commissioner on the PSC. One of the most fundamental issues we had to grapple with at that time was whether a Member who serves for only one term of five years should qualify for pension or not. We had to invite actuarial science professionals to advise. When the figures were finally worked out, we found that it was impossible for a Member who serves for five years to qualify for pension. It means that at the end of my five years, I will take my gratuity and within two months, it is gone and I am back to being an unemployed good Kenyan."
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