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    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I know when it comes to issues of retirement, many people are negative and I am one of those who are negative. It is said often that when they retire, they go home to die. So, it means that the retirement schemes that we have in this country have not been very satisfactory. Employees go home and they do not benefit from their retirement benefits on time. It takes a long time before they get their pension. However, this one seems to give me some hope. I looked at this Bill and what I see, which really makes me happy, is Clause 29(3), which says that the payment of retirement benefits shall commence from the end of the month immediately following the month of the retirement of the member. This means that the payment will come immediately the person retires at the end of that particular month. That means it starts immediately. Normally, that does not happen. It can take many years before one begins to see his retirement benefits. My father suffered a lot looking for his retirement benefits and by the time he was just to get it, he passed on. I think that is a bad thing. However, this one looks good enough and I support it. Secondly, it is true that many people who were employed in the previous Government, especially councillors and the staff that worked in county councils have never received their benefits. I know of an old lady right now who is highly respected but lives under poverty because she has never received her benefits. She does not even know how to begin to chase it or to look for the funds because the county government is not supporting her in that. They are saying that they are not responsible for her benefits. So, there is total confusion as to who is responsible for the former employees of county councils. So, it is important that we begin to take care of them. What saddens me a little bit here is that the LAPTRUST AND LAPFUND are not looking after The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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