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    "id": 813340,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. I support it because it is not easy for someone to be a head of an institution, for example, like you, the President or the deputy President. People in these positions need a decent retirement package. It is because of this that I support this Bill. However, I have a small amendment to it because we have a youthful population in Kenya. I would like to use you as an example because I would not like to discuss people who are not here. If a 25 year old person takes over your position, after five years, he or she will be 30 years old. If they retire at that point and assuming that they live for 90 years on average, they will enjoy that position for 60 years. I have done my calculations in terms of the car entitlement and if we replace their car after every four years, that will total to 15 four wheel drive which I estimate to cost Kshs10 million which totals to Kshs30 million for one person. They are also entitled to a saloon car of 2000 cc which I estimate to cost Kshs2 million, which translates to Kshs6 million which gives a figure of Kshs36 million. As I said before, Kenya has a youthful population. If ten former Speakers retire and they all enjoy this benefit and if we extend the life of the car by just one more year, Kenyan taxpayers will save Kshs360 million. I have never bought a new car. However, all my imported cars from Japan were around eight years old and they served me for five years without major problems. So, if a car is new, it can serve somebody for five years. For example, if we increase the number of years for cars for ten retired speakers from four to five, taxpayers would save Kshs360 million. This is enough money to do a mega dam in Wajir where I come, where our animals are finished by drought every year. This is an amendment that I would like to make. I have gone through the rest of the Bill and I am happy with the fact that people will retire to a decent income and that when they are in office serving Kenyans, they will 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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