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    "id": 764952,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I support this Motion on the membership of the Parliamentary Pensions Management Committee. The Members, namely, Hon. Dan Wanyama, Andrew Mwadime and Rehema Jaldesa, will do a good job. At the moment, we require a lot of things to be done, considering the new issues which have been put in place and including how our pension is being administered. I want to support that these Members have quite a bit of work to do and they are going to do a lot of work for the 12th Parliament. They are going to do more especially for the Parliamentarians who have been here in the past and who are on recess out there, because it takes time. Sometimes you stay out for a while and then you come back here. Some of us have been lucky to be elected several times, but again there comes a time when the constituents would give you a break. As you wait outside there, you would want to know what happens when you are supposed to be receiving your pension and enjoying what you had contributed and what the Government has contributed towards your pension scheme. Pensions all over Kenya have had problems over the years. We want ours to be well streamlined. Being a lawmakers’ House, we want to see things done properly, on time and without people suffering. I hate to see Members running around when they have problems and their issues are not well taken care of, more so, their pension. I also want to mention that I heard a colleague talking of a Member who was given a gift by the President. In Kiswahili, there is a saying that “Bahati ya mwenzio usiilalie mlango wazi.” That was a gift from the President and it does not stop us from discussing matters concerning the welfare of Members. It is only that the President cannot give things quietly. It is usually publicized. I want to ask these Members, once we approve them to the Committee, and I know we are approving them, they should immediately swing into action and sit down and look at the welfare of Members. They should make sure that this pension is administered accordingly and Members are not going to suffer out there unnecessarily. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to support."
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