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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimani",
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        "legal_name": "Onesmas Kimani Ngunjiri",
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    "content": "to this debate, I urge our Government agencies to put an eye on this permanent eye witness who is in every bad thing that is happening in this country. We should know who he is and what his interest is. On the debate on the Pensions Management Committee, I am particularly impressed because the three Members that have been nominated to the Committee, in addition to taking consideration of gender, there is a new Member, Hon. Rehema. When most of us are talking about many Members of Parliament not getting a second term and all that, could it be because this Assembly does not invest in young legislators? I am talking about first-time Members in this House. When there are these appointments, I have noticed that most of them are given to those who have served probably one or more terms. We need to be given a chance also to serve this House. I am particularly impressed about Hon. Rehema being a new Member of Parliament being given a chance to serve. I agree with what has been said about matters of pension. When the time to retire comes, it is a time to chase your passion and not pension. So, this Committee should make sure that Members are given a decent pension on time. As an accountant and an economist, I believe in the time value of money. If you give me money in December that I was supposed to get in August, there is so much that I would have foregone. So, it is very important that the Committee expedites the process and makes sure that this pension is not just paid, but most importantly, it is paid on time. This is also in relation to all the privileges that we are talking about. If something is forthcoming, let it come early enough. It might come too late. I do not want to say more than that. However, what is supposed to be given, let it be on time. Again, the time value of money is very crucial. About access to pension when someone hits 45 years of age, some of us are joining Parliament before we even hit 30 years. So, if you tell us that we are only going to access this money after 45 years, you are limiting a lot of investments that we could have made during this time and especially, the Member who is talking about my colleague, the young Member who was given a motor vehicle. If you are talking about priority in terms of speaking about those who have served here before, and if you are talking about privileges when being awarded offices in terms of those who have served longer, why not consider this young man who does not have a car, so that he gets one now? It should not be that when you want privileges on the other side, we look at you, but when it is us asking for something, you start being discriminative. Last but not least, as a House, we are mandated to make laws and to serve this country. I hope that every appointment that anyone gets, they will use it for the glory of God and for the betterment of our country. I support this Motion."
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