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    "content": "So, this Bill will transition all county government employees, former local authorities and national Government employees who were seconded to county governments under a national retirement scheme and retirement arrangements into one universal scheme for all the 47 county governments. This is besides being open to other public officers including you and I and any other person approved by the Board. The Committee sat on 29th March, 2018 10th and 11thApril, 2018 to consider all the submissions that I am saying. We have incorporated this and views will be coming as we present ourselves at that stage. I will now take Members through, clause by clause or in terms of parts, so that I do not take too much time. The objects of the Bill, from Part 1 and II contain the preliminary matters. That is, the Short Title, Interpretation of terms, Application Clause – which includes all county government employees as well as heading public institutions, organizational state officers who may wish to join. The Scope of the Bill is to extend the range of those who may access the services of this Scheme. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clauses six to 21 provides for the Establishment and Management of the County Governments’ Retirement Scheme and the Board of Trustees. It also provides for the procedure for appointment of the trustees and their necessary qualifications. It also provides the trustees’ functions and powers and sets the tenure to three years, renewable only once, based on performance. We had to be keen that the renewal can only be based on performance. Clause 7 states that the Trustees shall comprise of- (a) a representative from the Council of Governors; (b) two elected representatives from the County Public Service Board who shall not be of the same gender - we are alive to the gender issues; (c) an elected representative of the County Assembly Service Boards; (d) two Trustees nominated by trade union umbrellas representing public servants; (e) three other persons nominated by employees of county governments of whom at least two shall not be of the same gender; and, (f) the chief executive officer who shall be an ex officio member and the secretary to the Board. There is also listed the qualifications for appointment as a Trustee. Of course, you can only be a citizen of Kenya; you must have a degree from a university recognised in Kenya; at least five years’ experience in finance, law, economics, actuarial science or an area that is relevant to the functions of the Board; and, then meet the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution, which is extremely important and this must be measured. The rest of that deals with the tenure. In Clause 10, a trustee can only be re-appointed based on performance. Also, the Board shall put arrangements such that, at least, one third of the trustees are appointed in a staggered six months so that we can have continuity and institutional memory in the Board of the Scheme. The functions are to formulate policies relating to the Scheme in accordance with the provisions of the Retirements Benefits Act. At this point, I must state that there are law provisions that in the Retirement Benefits Act that we did not deem fit to put in this Act. This is because when it comes to matters of retirement benefits, the Retirement The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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