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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also stand to contribute and support this Bill because the matter of pension has become a critical issue in this country. I know for sure that when we were in the Committee of Education and members of the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) came before the Committee, they gave us insights about monies that have been collected for pension but are not remitted to the pensioners’ fund. There are problems in other sectors as well, but the notion of somebody working so hard, for so long and then finding themselves in a situation where they cannot be paid what is rightfully theirs, it is a matter of pain. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, his Bill tends to address exactly that, by bringing it back to the county level, so as to have each county come up with the county retirement scheme. This will ensure that the people who have worked so hard in the counties are finally paid their money. Another form of this Bill was in this House in the 11th Parliament, and it did not go through. We hope that the problems of Article 110(3) will not catch up with us again so that we can sort out this issue of County Bill and money Bill from the word go, so that this Bill can go through. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will start with the notion of CPF and LAPFUND. I was once in a function where the two groups attended and there seemed to have been a lot of disharmony on how these Funds are operating. In fact, what I learnt then is that 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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