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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ronald Kiprotich Tonui,",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Bomet Central",
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    "content": "deceased. It has now been captured that after six years, a missing person should be declared missing and his or her properties can now be transferred to the beneficiaries so that members of the family do not suffer that much. At least we need to minimise that. On the issue of the board membership, I am happy that the board members are not going to overstay in service. If people overstay, I believe they will learn a lot about the system and might resort to looting and cases of integrity arising. So, appointing them for three years is okay. And if they have indeed performed, their terms can be renewed. It is acceptable. They should never overstay as board members of the Office of the Public Trustee. The issue of staggering the appointment of board members is a welcome part of this Bill so that there is no vacuum in the board at any given time. There is also the issue of institutional memory which can also be there when we have some people continuing to serve as others exit from the board. The issue of board allowances is also provided for in this Bill. It says that the Attorney- General will be deciding on their allowances. I believe this needs to be improved to ensure that The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) is also involved in approving what the AG has decided so that we have harmonised allowances in the various institutions of Government. If there is no harmonisation of these allowances, then I believe it will be unfair. We need to have them harmonised and they can only be harmonised if SRC is involved. The Public Trustee Board will be receiving funds to administer from various sources like pensions and such. I believe the Pensions Department needs to pull up its socks so that it can forward those funds to the Public Trustee to administer them. There is too much delay currently at the Pensions Department. It can even take as long as five years for some families to get their pensions or for their money to be transferred to the Office of the Public Trustee. This needs to be improved so that the beneficiaries get their money faster. With those few remarks, I wish to support this Bill."
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