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    "id": 810792,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/810792/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "I think there should be a proviso. When I used to represent women in court, I discovered that when men knew they were about to retire and they had obligations to their children in terms of school fees, they would very quickly go and get the benefits without the family knowing. Once they get a lumpsum benefit and they have kids going to school, they have no other recourse. We should think about that provision. There is a clause that says that this pension should not be subject to attachment for purposes of any award in court. It should be where it relates to children or a wife supporting the husband or the husband supporting the wife. We are now talking about equality. I know sometimes when I say these things, people think I am over- imaginative. I dealt with a lot of such cases when I was working with the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA). What we ended up doing was to play cat-and-mouse games. I remember one that involved an employee of the East African Breweries. The man went on early retirement so that he could not take care of his family because we had attached his salary. However, we had already put in place an intelligence team so that by the time he was getting his lumpsum payment, we had already attached it and took the matter to court. When we were given the award, the children and the wife got the lumpsum payment. However, if we leave it open, it will not be very helpful."
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