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    "id": 803022,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Pareno",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Ramaita Pareno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Bill. This is an assurance of comfort to our employees in the counties as they work for us. I want to imagine that you cannot have better comfort than knowing that in your sunset years when you retire, you have something to fall back to after saving for a long time. So, this makes them more comfortable and productive. When you are assured of a good retirement package, you will become more comfortable and productive as an employee of the county. As a Committee on Delegated Legislation, we visited Busia, Bungoma, West Pokot and Trans Nzoia counties. One of the issues that came out during our visits was that these counties cannot attract qualified personnel, especially when it comes to expertise like lawyers. We were told that lawyers do not want to be employed in the counties because of such things. There is no assurance of anything. When an employee comes in, they find no retirement package and there is instability because of change of regimes with every election cycle. This is becoming costly for the counties. So, this Bill helps to assure workers that as they work, there will be something for them in future when they will retire. We should create more of such employee benefits so that employees are guaranteed that when they go to work in the counties, their benefits are secured. This will attract more employees. When you have a package like the retirement package, it is an additional to the safety of the beneficiary and more attractive. This is unlike when you do not have a 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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