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    "content": "is an extremely important Bill. It is in the front and centre of the business of this House because it is securing the future for county workers. I urge my colleagues, distinguished Senators, to grab a copy of the Bill and the Report of the Committee that has a matrix of amendments. The reason we kept pushing the moving of this Bill was because the Report was ready for the benefit of Members. In December, 2013, the Council of Governors (CoGs), the Transition Authority (TA) and the Senate constituted an interagency Technical Committee that was chaired by the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA). The Committee was to study and advice on a suitable county pension scheme as envisaged within our laws. The Intelligence Technical Committee prepared a report with the following recommendations: (a) Establishment of an umbrella pension scheme for all county government staff; (b) Local Authorities Pensions Trust (Laptrust) and Local Authorities Provident Fund (Lapfund) to be close to new members with effect from the date the new umbrella scheme was established; (c) Enactment of an Act of Parliament by the Senate to give the umbrella scheme a national outlook and protect public interest; (d) Administration services of Laptrust and Lapfund be merged to offer administration services to a new umbrella scheme and the two closed funds; and, (e) The CoG to set up an implementation committee to oversee the implementation of these recommendations. Before that, there was a County Retirement Scheme Bill (Senate Bills No. 25 of 2014) that was sponsored by, Hon. Sen. (Prof.) Kithure Kindiki and published on 27th June, 2014. You might be aware of the said Member---"
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